MOVIES AND ACADEMIC ESSAYS Sample of Student's Essay Movie "Brave" SAMPLE 1

WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF SELFISHNESS IN THE MOVIE ‘BRAVE’?

THE ESSAY

‘Brave’ movie is about a girl name Merida who comes from royal family and from a clan called Dunbroch. Merida disagreed with her mother’s decision to ask her to marry so she ran away into the wood. She found a witch and asked the witch to make a spell to change her mother. The spell  changed her mother into a bear.  Merida felt sad and she learnt her lesson. The effects of selfishness in the movie ‘Brave’ are conflict and fight.

The first effect of selfishness in the movie ‘Brave’ is conflict between Merida and Elinor and between Merida and Fergus. In the movie, Merida and Elinor argue about marriage. Merida refused to marry one of the three princes but her mother forced her. Merida also does not listen to her mother as she wants her freedom in her life. She is not ready for the marriage and she swears that the marriage will not happen.. In addition to that, Merida and Fergus also argued when Fergus tried to kill his own wife but Merida stopped him. Fergus also shouted at Merida and accused her  of  talking nonsense. Fergus locked Merida in the room and he then searched for the bear to revenge Elinor‘s death. So, selfishness brings conflict in the family as Merida fight with Elinor and Fergus.

The second effect of selfishness in the movie ‘Brave” is the fight in the kingdom and between sibling. In the kingdom, three clans fight with each other to in the a competition to marry the princess, Merida and so that they can be the next king in the kingdom. Besides that, from the legend, the older prince among the four princes wanted to rule the kingdom by himself. His pride and selfishness transformed him into an evil bear and ruined his kingdom. So, the characteristic of selfishness may destroy the kingdom and relationship between siblings.

The movie ‘Brave’ has shown that selfishness brings about conflict and fight in the clans. The quarrel between Merida and her mother Elinor, becomes worse when Merida breaks the tradition of the clan. In addition to that, the argument does not lead to positive effect.  Next, the disagreement causes Merida and Elinor to quarrel about their different opinion all the time. They need to learn to communicate so that they can understand each other. In summary, selfishness does not bring advantages to people. So, the movie 'Brave' is not only an enjoyable movie to watch but also brings some lessons to the viewers.

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