Gender Stratification In Avatar

The feature film Avatar, is an animated film that was written and directed by the illustrious Canadian writer, director, and producer James Cameron. The film was released December 18, 2009. After moving to the U.S in 1971 Cameron decided to attend the University of California where he majored in physics, after graduating he decided to pursue his passion in screenwriting. Some of his best work includes directing groundbreaking and iconic films such as The Terminator movies and Titanic, which of course pre date this film. The release date for Avatar was December 18, 2009. Lightstorm Entertainment, Dune Entertainment, and the Ingenious Film Partners production companies accompanied Cameron in the making of this film which was mainly shot in ZhangJiaJie National Forrest in China. In the film Avatar the humans come to Pandora in search of rare element Unobtanium. Unobtanium rests under the Na’vi tribe’s sacred ground, which the humans end up destroying. After having their homes destroyed the Na’vi people is forced to leave. Forcing the Natives to leave correlates with the settlers’ colonization of Native Americans lands which in turn forced them to leave their homes. Although the settlers and human came into these foreign lands with different intents, they both came with the intent to drive out the natives. In my opinion Cameron …show more content…
Neytiri rescued Sully and welcomed him into her home even knowing that he was an Avatar. Although, Neytiri didn’t know Sully’s intentions she still allowed him to come into her home without fear of the unknown. In films it is stereotypical for women to always be welcoming of people even when they know nothing about them. This welcoming nature that everyone believes women have is shown in others such as Pocahontas and The Blindside. In both these movies the women welcomed in strangers to their homes which seems to be the gender norm of females in both movies and