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Avatar Character Analysis

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Character District 9: Wikus van der Merwe Avatar: Jake Sully Biography • Male Afrikaner. • Has a bumbling, dorky persona. • Not a very intelligent, strong, independent man. • Quite submissive. • Obsessed with law and order as consistently obeys the rules. • Married to the “angel”, Tania who is the daughter of Piet Smit, the Managing Director of the South African MNU. • Employed by multinational corporation: MNU (Multi National United). • Promoted to be in charge of evicting and relocating all the aliens in District 9. • Male paraplegic war veteran. • Has a good heart yet can be callous and indifferent. • A determined, brave and strong man. • Suffered a spinal injury in a Venezuela war. • Employed by multinational corporation: RDA (Resources Development Administration) for their Avatar Program. • Becomes a substitute navigator for his dead twin brother’s Avatar, as has suitable, identical genetic material. • Put in Cryosleep for approximately six years in order to travel to Pandora. • Colonel Quaritch assigns him as an informant for any valuable intel regarding the Na’vi. Development Beginning of film: • Performs reprehensible acts= comparing the sound of alien eggs being aborted with the sound of popcorn popping. • Not completely a heartless monster but still indifferent: discourages MNU security to shoot aliens who are innocent of committing any illegal activity. Instead, he distracts the aliens with cat food. Middle of film: • Conscience grows stronger as MNU’s

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