Over the past few years I have grown to better appreciate the world of film. I love watching movies from countries all over the globe. One of my favorite genera’s of film is animation, or anime. Debatably the best animation film director of all time is Hayao Miyazaki. Central Argument/ Thesis
In the article Animating child activism: Environmentalism and Class Politics in Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke (1997) and Fox’s Fern Gully (1992), Michelle J. Smith and Elizabeth Parsons compare Miyzazaki’s Princess Mononoke (1997) and Bill Kroyer’s Fox Fern Gully by (1992) with their relation to environmentalism. Smith and Parsons argue that each of these films has strong environmentalism themes, but also contains a very anti-ethical approach to environmentalism. They argue this because of the negative emphasis put on deforestation and urbanization. While these are seen in a negative light, humans are not held completely responsible for their actions, the forest spirits are. Main Points/ Evidence …show more content…
They draw attention to specific scenes in each movie and extrapolate on the environmentalism issues as well as focusing on the films as a whole. The scenes that they point to as evidence are rock paintings found in Fox Fern Gully. They also point to the artwork of different animals that are seen though out the movie. For Miyzazaki’s Princess Mononoke Smith and Parsons do not draw attention to any specific scene. Instead they focus on the relationship that Princess Mononoke has with the forest spirits and the imagery throughout the entire film to draw their
In the article Animating child activism: Environmentalism and Class Politics in Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke (1997) and Fox’s Fern Gully (1992), Michelle J. Smith and Elizabeth Parsons compare Miyzazaki’s Princess Mononoke (1997) and Bill Kroyer’s Fox Fern Gully by (1992) with their relation to environmentalism. Smith and Parsons argue that each of these films has strong environmentalism themes, but also contains a very anti-ethical approach to environmentalism. They argue this because of the negative emphasis put on deforestation and urbanization. While these are seen in a negative light, humans are not held completely responsible for their actions, the forest spirits are. Main Points/ Evidence …show more content…
They draw attention to specific scenes in each movie and extrapolate on the environmentalism issues as well as focusing on the films as a whole. The scenes that they point to as evidence are rock paintings found in Fox Fern Gully. They also point to the artwork of different animals that are seen though out the movie. For Miyzazaki’s Princess Mononoke Smith and Parsons do not draw attention to any specific scene. Instead they focus on the relationship that Princess Mononoke has with the forest spirits and the imagery throughout the entire film to draw their