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Finding Nemo

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Maritza J. Carlos
Movie Analysis Paper
May 1st 2016
Final Paper

Movie Analysis
“Finding Nemo”

Finding Nemo is an animated film by Disney, about a fish named Nemo who believes that growing up with a disability does not restrict capability of participating in everyday life. The movie takes place in the ocean near Australia. Marlin and Coral, Nemo’s parents find themself admiring their new clutch of eggs when a barracuda attacks. In result the barracuda eat Coral and the whole clutch of eggs, except for Nemo. After the life-threating incident, Marlin and Nemo need to start learning how to live life with out the mother figure in the family. In the movie Marlin overprotects Nemo because of his disability. Eventually, Nemo gets tired of it and try’s to do something he knows his father would never allow him to do. In result, Nemo gets taken away by a boat causing Marlin to have anxiety attacks and there begins the process of Finding Nemo. After watching the movie, one character that I thought made great significant in the movie was Marlin. He is face with the loss of a majority of his family, confrontation with death, and finds that what he truly wants in life is for his son to be okay. Marlin makes several changes throughout the …show more content…

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