Environmental Issues In Avatar

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The movie Avatar depicted topics which we have learned this year. The topics in the movie deal with the environmental issues we deal with today. Also showing the human greed. The humans in the movie are trying to get unobtanium. Unobtanium is a natural resource under the home of the na’vi. The na’vi people are very different from the humans. Everything used by the na’vi is from natural resources unlike the humans. The humans also do not care if their greed will destroy the home of the na’vi Another topic depicted in the movie are the populations. The na’vi people who live in clans. The humans that use avatar’s to get close to the navi. Also the plants and animals that live on Pandora. Many different populations living on Pandora

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