How To Raise A Child In The Little Mermaid

When a couple decides, it is time to move forward with their relationship and have a child, the times that follow cannot be so great. Raising a child can be extremely stressful for the parents. This action causes parents to be overprotective and sometimes it causes the parents to put strict boundaries on the child. They put the unreasonable boundaries on the child because of pervious life experiences, losing family members or friends or even just the simple fear of the child getting hurt or lost. In many Disney films, there is this frequent theme of a spouse losing their loved one and then being overall protective over the child. This can be seen in Finding Nemo (2003) and The Little Mermaid (1989). These two fathers are raising a child without …show more content…
King Triton is Ariel’s father. Ariel is a sixteen-year-old girl that despises living under the sea. From the beginning of the movie, she is seen obsession over humans and human artifacts. King Triton is not fond of people because of his terrifying experience with the fisherman. He warns Ariel to stay away from humans because they will kill her. In the movie, she goes against her father’s wishes, just like Nemo, and swims to the surface with Flounder and Sebastian. From the surface, they observe the celebration of the Prince’s birthday. During this celebration, a nasty storm brews up and causes everyone to leave. Prince Eric decides to save his dog from the storm but in the process, he falls into the water and nearly drowns. Ariel ended up saving Prince Eric’s life and she also ended up falling in love with him. She brought him onto shore and she sings to him before returning to the water. When Ariel arrives back home, her behaviors cause King Triton to be suspicious, so he asks Sebastian and he fesses up. When he finds outs about her contact with humans, he becomes furious. He screams at her and then proceeds to destroy all her human