Avatar: The Last Airbender

Although there are many fictional characters that would be intriguing to analyze, the characters from Avatar the Last Airbender where the most fascinating and well-rounded characters to be seen in a cartoon meant for children. Avatar the Last Airbender is a story of the Avatar; the story is set in a fictional world that has been in a war for the past a hundred years, separated into four nations; water tribes, earth kingdom, fire nation and air nomads were some people have the ability to bend one of the four elements; earth, fire, air and water. The avatar has the ability to use all the elements; the current avatar is Aang age an Air Nomad destined to end the hundred-year war by defeating the fire nation’s ruler by summer’s end while learning all the four elements. Aang was found frozen in an iceberg in the Southern Water Tribe, a hundred years after his disappearance by siblings Katara and Sokka, is found by fire nation soldiers who were out scouting for the avatar. One of them is, the banished and dishonored prince from the fire nation and the focus of this analysis as starts of as villain that constantly trying to capture to regain his honor to a being one of the key figures that help end the war against the fire nation. Before analyzing Zuko, a brief background on his early life, as events in the past greatly affected the person he…

The best part of watching your childhood dreams be crushed before your very eyes, is knowing that there are thousands of other people experiencing the exact same thing, at the exact same moment. There’s something comforting in the unity that lurks behind the pain of having your favorite television show be so thoroughly disrespected, as was the fate of Avatar: The Last Airbender. I went to see the movie less than a week after it’s opening in 2010, and left less than an hour into the movie. When…

Animus Attribute "Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Long time ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them, but when the world needed him most, he vanished. A hundred years passed and my brother and I discovered the new Avatar, an airbender named Aang. And although his airbending skills are great, he has a lot to learn before he's ready to save anyone. But I believe Aang can save the…

Martial arts have always had a positive impression on me. I remember when I was five years old, I would watch “Avatar the last Airbender.” I was so inspired by watching this show, just watching the characters doing crazy flips in the air ; it was an extravagant sight. My parents who would see me trying to perform such flips and karate techniques, decided it would be right for me to start taking karate classes. One day after school I was taken to a dojo about ten minutes away from my house,…

Aang, the last of the Air Nomads, has the power to bend all four elements at his will, but must learn to master them while on the run from the Fire Nation. Aang mirrors the Hmong people, both in his running from the Fire Nation and how he is the future for his people, similar to how Yang is. Both must adapt to a new environment and learn quickly for the sake of others, and both look up to an elderly figure greatly, making it all the more heartbreaking when said figure ends up passing away. In…

Many television shows aimed at children portray clear societal differences between male and female. A stereotypical female is usually pretty, thin, emotional, and often helpless, while males are more aggressive, strong, muscular, and seen as the protector. However, recently more children shows have started introducing stronger and more independent female characters that go against the stereotypical gender roles created by society. One show in particular, Avatar: The Last Airbender, does that…

The character is Joo Dee and her quote follows the original word for word except for the last half, instead of “walk into Mordor” its “pop in on the earth king” in referencing that the main characters desire to see the king. Also thrown in just for laughs is a picture of Sean from another scene in Lord of the Rings with the text “I love this show” placed under the picture of Joo Dee. The text is probably referencing the popularity of the show or making a comparison to the popularity of the Lord…

consideration towards Asian women has lead to an uproar among the Asian community leading to a few boycotts and protests. Hollywood writers and directors do have a social responsibility to avoid stereotyping ethnic characters because of their misrepresentation of minority cultures in television often leading to racial, painful, and dehumanizations of minority groups in media. Three topics I will be discussing are Hollywood’s prejudice towards females, yellow facing, and casting of Caucasian…

features. “Non-Asian performers were cast as Asian characters in yellowface, with their eyes cosmetically masked, their skin darkened and their teeth made prominent with prosthetics” (Yoo 636). The actors would dye their hair black and use tape to alter their eye shape. Many actors such as, Shirley MacLaine, Peter Sellers, Nicolas Cage, and Eddie Murphy portrayed Asian characters, however they are not Asian. Hollywood decreases the chances of Asian actors receiving roles to represent Asians by…

While more films include characters of colour in the background, most casts remain exclusionary. These films still show the cultural stereotypes that were implemented more than a century ago. Unless the film requires casting POC, the first person Hollywood seems to cast is 99% of the time white. In the last decade thousands of films have chosen not to cast actors of colour. Some films that did this include Aloha, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Prince of Persia, and Argo (Nahaar). A film that received…