Dreams Do Come True In The Princess And The Frog

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Dreams do Come True in New Orleans The Princess and the Frog was realeased in 2009, is a comedy and is set in the city of New Orleans in the 1920s. Tiana, a strong African-American girl, who comes from a humble family wants to accomplish her dad’s dreams, of owning a restaurant. Sadly, her dad dies when she is little. Trying to accomplish her dad’s dreams, Tiana works double shifts and saves every single penny she gains during adolescence. When she is about to achieve her objective of buying a business space, she faces the obstacle of financial problems. In the meantime, a handsome Prince, Naveen, arrives to New Orlands to marry a wealthy girl, hoping he will become rich again. He is deceived by a voodoo witch doctor who transforms him into a frog. His only …show more content…
Sleeping Beauty and Snow White, for example, are princesses already and Tiana, on the other hand, does not want to be a princess (Stephens 96). She is hard working, and believes that working hard will get her to what she wants: “I remember Daddy told me fairytales can come true. You gotta make ‘em happen, it all depends on you,” (“Princess and the Frog (2009).”). It was not enough just to wish for something, if one really wished for it, one had to put some effort in to it to achieve it. Since Tiana really wants to accomplish her dreams, she decides to kiss a frog. In Disney movies, the prince is the one that rescues the women. In this case, Prince Naveen is not the typical strong, smart, prince we tend to see. He is the opposite of Tiana; he is lazy, and does not know how to take care of himself because his servants took care of him since he was little. Tiara is the hero in the story, because she takes care of Naveen, Louis, and Ray to survive at the swamp. Naveen, in this case, needs someone to save him, physically and mentally. She helps Naveen to grow as a person, showing him the importance of hard work (Stephens

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