The life of a teenager

Rating: Null/10 (27 July 2004)

A film I recently saw was the The Little Mermaid. The movie is about a rebels teenager name Ariel. Ariel's father is King Triton who is the king of the sea. She always wanted to be living on the surface, but she was a mermaid. Her father was against the idea of his daughter becoming a human and was told that she was not allowed to travel to the surface. Disobeying her father's rules, Ariel swims to the surface. When on the surface, she falls in love with Prince Eric, who is a human. An evil sea witch, Ursula, came to an agreement to trade what they both wanted but couldn't have. Ariel becomes a human, but not without many troubles in her way.
Walt Disney was trying to show the audience, of all ages, a different way to look on life. The movie shows a young, verbally female looking for a better life then what she already has. Ariel represents any young teenager that wants to experience life but, can not because of restrictions. Walt Disney wanted to show adults but, also make it understandable for children how life is when you want to be apart of something and belong to it as well.
As a reader, you are probably thinking on why I choose this movie. It showed many different stages of a young child's life. I liked how the movie showed Ariel as a 'wild child'. All kids of the age of sixteen want to disobey their parents. Ariel reminded me a lot of myself when I was a child. The crab, named Sebastian, was like Ariel's self concision, telling you what was right and wrong. This movie can teach many people a lesson no matter what age you are.