Avatar Research Paper

It is sometimes strange that you see a certain issue around you, and suddenly you are given an opportunity to express your view about it and share it with other people. That’s exactly what James Cameron did in his movie Avatar. Cameron saw this movie as an opportunity to exploit the ways in which mankind manipulate and use planet earth for use of their own self-interest and for material things. Before the release of Avatar, critics hinted that Cameron was leading towards a pro-environmental theme in his movie. When asked about what his purpose of the movie was, Cameron answered, "as an artist, I felt a need to say something about what I saw around me" (Lang). With this answer, it is definitely safe to say Cameron is truly an environmentalist. Avatar came about just around the same time when deforestation and global warming theory was becoming a major problem in America. Environmentalism was a controversy issue in American society, and Camron uses Avatar as a way to grab our attention. This movie reflects Cameron view that we all need …show more content…
Cameron wanted the audience to understand that their place of living is worth more than any material thing they could own, because without earth obviously they could not have anything, and destroying our planet to get more of it is senseless. Without saying, it is positive that Cameron uses Avatar to bring about awareness of this tragedy that all humans are contributing to- the destruction of our only planet. Planet Earth needs to be protected and to be seen as sacred before it is gone for good. There is only so much the earth can take before it is completely destroyed. In an interview with The Wrap, Cameron stated that, Avatar is more than a message, it is a feeling, and one that he hopes will make the audience enhanced their connection more with nature