Finding Amo, And Socializing Messages In Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo is a children’s movie, which tells of a clown fish named Marlin, who is a widower, and only has one son left after a predator attack. Nemo, the son of Marlin, went to school on the first day and ventured out into the open sea, despite the constant concerns from his dad not to. Nemo was then abducted by a diver and taken to a dentist office onshore in Sydney to live in a fish tank with the “tank gang.” Marlin then set out on an adventure to find and save his son, Nemo. On the way, he encountered another fish, named Dory, who suffers from short term memory loss, who also came on the adventure with Marlin to find Nemo. Together they swam many distances and encountered many obstacles and dangers of the open sea including, sharks, …show more content…
First off, it can show to the children watching that listening to their parents is vital, because most of the time they are right and things can possibly go wrong if they do the opposite. In the movie, Nemo doesn’t listen to his father and goes to touch the “butt” but then on his way back to his class and father, he gets captured by a diver. If he would’ve listened to his father, he may have not gotten taken. Another message could be that family is very important and parents will do anything to protect them. The value of family is shown throughout Finding Nemo because at the beginning Marlin lost his wife and all of his children except one egg, who is now known as Nemo, who was taken and ate by a predator. Because of this traumatic experience, Marlin is very protective of his family. Parents protecting their children was shown by Marlin telling Nemo that he shouldn’t go into the open water and even though he did, Marlin still went on a very dangerous adventure to find his son, although Nemo did wrong. Also, the movie can show the true value of a friendship and that sometimes friendships can be made at the most inopportune times. Marlin met Dory on his search to find Nemo, and although he really didn’t want her to travel with him, she continually did, and their friendship was very strong by the end of the …show more content…
Marlin’s attitude can show that too much protectiveness and uptightness can create defiance. Dory’s attitude can show that being too much fun and not focused can create times where things may not get done in the correct time frame. Crush’s attitude was quite different from both Marlin and Dory. Crush was very laid back, may be looked at as too laid back, but showed Marlin that at some time it is alright to let their kids let go and do it on their