Rio 2 is an animated movie, which takes in the early 2000’s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It features a family of Blue Spix Macaw traveling to the Amazon Rainforest. After learning that they are not the only living members of their species, they attempt to reunite with the remainder of their family. The movie is a significant film to analyze because it involves a family traveling internationally to Brazil and looks into many of the traditions and cultures of that region. Although the movie educates the viewer about certain customs of the region, it has the capability of subliminally teaching young children different stereotypes by the usage of certain types of languages. The movie features the journey of a family of Blue Spix Macaw trying …show more content…
A common stereotype of African Americans is reinforced with the physical characteristics and background of Pedro. Pedro is seen as a “free bird” who does not have a family, home, and simply living day to day. His usage of African-American English conveys the stereotype that majority of African-American live like lifetsyle. Additionally, unlike the main characters of the movie, who are physically proportional and slim, Pedro is an overweight and husky bird with disproportional body parts. Pedro has a large red head, massive body, giant beak, and large eyes. The physical characteristics the filmmakers used reinforce the common stereotype that African-American men are usually overweight, have large eyes and mouths, and wear caps. Pedro is seen using African-American English in his discussion with his friend, “Dawg, he ain’t comin’ back. He dead” (15:38). The usage of ain’t, copula absence, and shortened words are characteristics of African-American English. The movie emphasizes Pedro’s usage of this dialect to subliminal convey the message that all African Americans talk this way, which prompts children to build the association between language and the physical characteristics and background information provided. The usage of African-American dialect for Pedro and other characters reinforces the stereotypical image that all …show more content…
Society often perceives people with British accents as cunning, sly, and evil. Nigel continues to reinforce this stereotype because he is the antagonist in the movie with the sole mission of destroying the lead family. Nigel utilizes a distinct vernacular, “The croeking cocketoo cloth billow for revenge. That’s Shakespeare by the way” (22:15). Unlike the birds who utilize the Anglo-American vernacular or Black English, Nico uses a sophisticated vocabulary, a raised vowel sounds, and references to literature. This reinforces that stereotype that British people are smarter and more shrewd than others. The physical depiction of Nigel also builds this stereotype. Unlike the other birds, Nigel is seen wearing clothing and by association is better than the others. This ultimately reinforces the ideal that people with British accents are slick, cunning, and are only motivated by their own self
Finally, there is the stereotype of Sloan’s brother, Julius, or Big Blak Africa. This is one of the most easily recognizable stereotypes; the stereotype of a thug. Big Blak does not conform to any white ideals and rejects all things white, going so far as to remove the “C” from “black” as he believed that it had Caucasian connotations. Stereotypes for Big Blak can be seen in his dress and mannerisms, as well as in the people that he chose to keep company with. They listened to stereotypical rap music and were often seen
Jim’s character contains a profound understanding to the life of a bird, as his days are spent on Ashley Crowthers’ family swamplands. Growing up Jim experiences a childhood of an abusive relationship with his father, a man still scarred from the death of his youngest son. The relationship held between Jim and his father reflects the kind of person Jim is at the start of the novel; innocent and self-contained. “It was the time immediately after news had come of the landings at Gallipoli and the slaughter of the following weeks. People’s attitude towards war was changing.” At this point in the novel it becomes evident that it is Jim whose attitude is being to changed towards war through the encouragements of his father, to fight along side the rest of the neighbourhood children he had grown up with. When Jim encounters the experience of war later in the novel he is faced with death and loss, two things that brought him back to the hardship that his father still endures, the loss of his younger brother. This turning point for Jim changes him into a man that his father would be proud to be, the son that he always wanted Jim to become. Jim’s passions and interests being slowly decreased, losing his love for the swamp lands and his love for the refugees that Miss Hardcourt once referred to. Jim’s new
In “A Barred Owl”, Wilbur uses certain words and phrases to convey a dark, then humorous tone in the first stanza, then transitions back in the second stanza. The poem begins with a
When he is tackled by Utterson, he is described as 'hissing like a cornered snake'; Poole describes him as a 'thing' which cries out 'like a rat'; he walks 'like a monkey' and
In “A Barred Owl,” Wilbur adopts a playful tone through rhyming: “We tell the wakened child that all she heard/ Was an odd question from a forest bird” (3, 4). The rhyme imitates the style of nursery rhymes, creating a joking tone. The playful tone avoids seriousness and weakens the horror of the owl, which contributes to the poem’s style like a nursery rhyme. Wilbur also euphemizes the owl to help create a nursery style. He does not represent the horrible creature of an owl as a carnivore with sharp claws that hunts during the night, but euphemizes it as a “forest bird” (Wilbur 4). The owl’s representation as a safe forest bird refers its figure to the enthusiastic birds with heavenly sounds in cartoons and story books, which often help the protagonist to overcome difficulties and dangers. Referring to nursery imageries of birds, the euphemism contributes to the poem’s style as a nursery rhyme. Creating a playful tone and a nursery style, Wilbur uses rhymes and euphemism to “domesticate fear” (Wilbur
Repeated onomatopoeic terms again set the scene. We are told that a hunt is in progress, and it is described in descriptive detail. Anderson does not romanticise the scene as the duckling cowers from a ‘fearfully big dog’.
Stereotyping, a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing, plays a big role in “To kill a Mockingbird”, and it’s also a big role in the thirties when everyone was different. In the story there are three different groups of people, the wealthy, the poor, and the black. Each of these group with some exceptions like the Finch family, looks at each other with offset opinions. The stereotyping in this story makes it come true and really plays a big part in character development.
Stereotypical images are in the cinematic register where they are intentionally included to make film sale and also to be critical in the narration process. Hollywood stereotyping Latino’s poet is common in many films displaying poverty and crime as part of their livelihood. Moreover, they use standard films
Lastly, Wilbur and Collins use contrasting rhyme schemes to imply that children must be kept uninfluenced and pure in order to flourish in their childhood. In “A Barred Owl”, Wilbur uses a very consistent end rhyme scheme in which he rhymes every two lines, AABBCC to create a playful, childish feeling. The reader can then connect more with
Author Scott L. Baugh has examined the role of Latino Americans in the movies, and he explains that there "…remains the uneven balance of power among characters," in particular with reference to Latino "subordinate characters" that tend to be portrayed as "stereotypes" (Baugh, 2012, p. 259). Early films (in the late 19th century and early 20th century) depicted a very "simple hierarchy," in which the heroes and main characters were white and held positions of "leadership and agency" (Baugh, 259). Latino characters were "secondary" to those main white characters, and Latino characters tended to be the villains, Baugh explained.
Richard Wright uses language in his novel, Black Boy, as a source to convey his opinions and ideas. His novel both challenges and defends the claim that language can represent a person and become a peephole into their life and surroundings. Richard Wright uses several rhetorical techniques to convey his own ideas about the uses of language.
actually address the historical legacy of slavery, Lin Manuel Miranda’s casting brought light to the misrepresentation of non-whites in media and history. Throughout history, minority races, specifically African-Americans and Hispanics, are often whitewashed into stereotypical themes; thug life, segregation, or the “bad guy”.
The Bantam Cock played an important role, describing and showing the full depth of Mr. Ewell and his lies. Scout, Jem, and Dill decide to go watch Atticus, defending a black man, who is wrongfully accused of rape. Everyone from all around is flooding in a steady stream to the town to see the outcome of the trial. The children watch the trial, realizing how unfair it was for Tom Robinson. The Bantam Cock was used by Scout to describe the “cockiness” and pride of Mr. Ewell as he progressed up, strutting like a rooster, to the stand to be testified. Mr. Ewell showed confidence, even though he was lying in front of the judge. My item, The Bantam Cock, displayed that Mr. Ewell attempted to accuse Tom Robinson because he was afraid that
To Kill a Mocking Bird is a novel that explores prejudice in a small American town in the Deep South. It is set during the depression. One of the main features that the novel explores is the theme of racial prejudice. In the novel Tom Robinson is being persecuted for the rape of a white woman, which he never committed. He is purely being prosecuted for being black but when Atticus who is a white lawyer is defending him in court he becomes somewhat outlawed in the white community. Atticus ignores the comments made by the white
Amongst those more general stereotypes, blacks are generalized as loving fried chicken. Though seemingly the most inconsequential, this stereotype is one of the most pervasive in the film. In one particular scene,