James Cameron's Avatar is the story of a disabled ex-marine (Jake), were sent to penetrate a local tribe of Na’vi live on a distant planet, in the form of an “avatar". His mission was to detach them from their homeland to mine their precious valuable ore called "unobtanium" ( Cameron & Landau, 2009). These aborigines are worshipful and integrate with nature. Predictably, Jake falls in love with a pretty aboriginal princess and adheres the aborigines in battle, supporting them to drive away the human invaders and saving their world. This essay will explore ethnocentrism by define romanticism area in the way of viewing nature which the film has presented.
Ethnocentrism is the evaluation of other cultures as unnatural from the perspective of…show more content… Romanticism played a pivotal role in the entire functions of the movie Avatar. The Na'vi in Avatar identified God with the universe, believed in transcendent power and majesty of Nature. They had shown as "Noble savage" living in harmony with nature ("Noble Savage," n.d.). The Na'vi honour their planet as a delicately balanced living creature, essentially valuing every individual and thus existing durably in nature. Jake has the familiar adventure in an unfamiliar environment, where beauty interspersed dangers. One of the greatest scene in Avatar was about the integration between Jake, the native people and a vast landscape full of trees, plants that react and move like animals, wonderful waterfalls, lakes, rivers, massive cliffs hovering above the ground, impressive mountains and magnificent animals. There was a patriarch - the male head of a tribe, standing look at Jake, surrounding by the native people and the nature. He participated and observed how the Na'vi tribal live in harmony with their natural environment and climate, the full participation of their community life. Jake became a part of what he has observed. At this moment, they are all have faith in him. But it is, however, the lesson on the
