Raising Voices For Cecil The Lion King Analysis

Almost everyone in the world is familiar with the infamous Disney movie The Lion King, but very few have gone into detail and analyzed the rhetoric within the film. Each scene is filled with a sense of pathos that tugs on the emotions of the audience and inevitably pushes them to one side over the other. It is interesting to see how the voices, color, and actions of each character have such an effect on their personalities which then has an effect on the audience and leaves them judging the morals of the characters. For people who grew up watching the original Disney movies, this is a great film to watch in depth and really figure out the meaning behind each scene.

Heroes are present in movies, tv shows or games. A “hero's journey” shows a character's journey on gaining the title of a “hero”. A movie or tv show may show a character or multiple characters go through very difficult times but it the end show how they overcame adversity and is now known as a hero. In the Lion King, Simba can be seen as a hero with the challenges he endures and what he overcomes by the end. Simba has many heroic qualities his wisdom, compassion for others, moral reasoning and responsibility makes him stand out above all other characters. Simba as a young lion, was very selfish and naive to many things happening at Pride Rock . His choice to run away at a young age showed he didn't want to face his problems or accept what he thought he did. Simba begins to gain heroic qualities as he is now living his own life in a faraway jungle, he is learning how to be independent, and how to live his own life instead of being in the shadow of his dad, the king of Pride Rock.

A little over a year ago there was a public outcry over the death of an African lion by the name of Cecil. Cecil was an alpha male who lived in a national park in Zimbabwe. He was a popular animal for park visitors and was tracked by the wildlife

Disney 's The Lion King is one of the most iconic children 's films of all time. However, behind the Hakunah Matata lies a movie laced with symbolism and mythical references. An online article from Thinkquest.org informs that the movie 's popular Elephant Graveyard represents the mythical Realm of Hades. The article continues to delve deeper into the symbolism, stating that the three hyenas, Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed, represent the three-headed beast, Cerebus, that guards Hades '

C.S. Lewis often includes various religious allegories in many of novels but especially in The Chronicles of Narnia series. Throughout The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe we see many situations in which Aslan is representative of Jesus Christ. From the other characters’ descriptions of him, to the Pevensie children’s first encounter with him, to his torture, death and resurrection, Aslan is clearly meant to serve as the Jesus Christ of an alternate universe. He is the one who saves Narnia from the cold tyranny of Jadis and brings together the Pevensie children as the new kings and queens of Narnia.

Zimbabwean officials claim that the thirteen year old lion was lured from his home on protected land, and was then wounded with an arrow shot by Palmer. The black-maned lion was then allegedly pursued for 40 hours before finally being killed.

Michael Ondaatje's In the Skin of a Lion narrates the forgotten stories of those who contributed to the building of the city Toronto, particularly immigrants and marginal individuals. In the very first page of the novel, Ondaatje stresses the concern with personal narratives and the act of storytelling: "This is the story a young girl gathers in a car during the early hours of the morning [...] She listens to the man as he picks up and brings together various corners of the story..." (4). Similar to Crossing the River, there is a framework story, that of a man telling a story to a girl, that opens and ends the novel and gives coherence to

Walter Palmer, the man who killed Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe will not face charges, according to USA Today, Oct. 12, 2015. Walter is a Minnesota dentist who hunted in Zimbabwe and got his trophy lion. Cecil was a protected lion but it appears that nothing will be done to the dentist who murdered the lion. The technicality in this ruling is because his papers were in order, a Cabinet minister said today. This decision angered many people. Many people in the United States called for his deportation, but it seems this dentist is laughing at them as he retains his prize.

Walter Palmer killed a well known lion on July 1 2015, the attention from everyone after the kill was awful. Fans of Cecil the lion made their voices clear to be heard, the lion who was in a sanctuary in Zimbabwe was a well known lion that researchers kept an eye on Cecil for basic research, and for entertainment. Walter Palmer was the only person who killed Cecil illegally as he lured the lion off the sanctuary to make the shot. According to the author, “They tied a dead animal to their vehicle to lure Cecil out of the park and they sented an area about half a kilometre from the park. Brian Bakst also talks about how Palmer made the kill illegally. “He’s also accused of bribing a guide and removing Cecil’s GPS collar, a violation of park rules.” said the guards in Zimbabwe. The main problem of Walter Palmer killing the Cecil the lion, people were watching him as he was an important lion.

The Lion King is not only a spectacular movie, but it provides very inspirational messages. One being by Rafiki when he explains to Simba, “the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.” That connects with the overall theme of this course, because as time goes on, talks on slavery become more prevalent. Toni Morrison, an African American novelist, states, “[T]he crucial distinction for me is not the difference between fact and fiction, but the distinction between fact and truth.

A prized lion named Cecil who was 13 years, old was shot and killed on July 1, by a man named Walter James Palmer. Two Zimbabweans have already been arrested for giving Palmer false information about the lion saying that it was legal to shoot him while they were hunting. Palmer stated that he hired the two as professional guides for $50,000 and they got him proper permits so he assumed that everything that they did on the trip was legal. He claims to have had no idea that the lion was one of the local favorites. Coincidentally, a man that goes by the same name and is the same age as Palmer, illegally killed a black bear in Wisconsin a few years back and had to pay a fine of $3,000. The three men went out hunting at night with

The Dentist had paid for his hunting session, he had trusted the people he had invested his money in and he was clueless as to where he was the men he came with had completely deceived Walter Palmer. Palmer paid 50,000 dollars to have a hunting session, unknowingly he was taken to the reserve, he trusted the words of his fellow partners at the time and had believed it was completely legal. When everything had came out to the media Palmer had apologized for his wrongdoing, and seemed to be sincere. The media made things blow out of proportions, made it seem as if lions are not animals that kill people. There were incidents of lions attacking locals casuing them to be in constant fear so by killing Cecil it was on less lion for the locals to

The lion didn’t immediately die. The lion lived another 40 hours until the hunters tracked him down and shot him with a gun. He was then skinned and beheaded. The dentist lured him out of the place with an animal attached to a car. The hunters tried to destroy the GPS collar that the lion was wearing. Both the guide and the property owner in Zimbabwe have been charged with participating in an illegal hunt. They both are looking at the possibility of jail time. But at this point it does not appear the country will seek to extradite Walter Palmer, nor charge him with any crime.

Since the shooting of Cecil the Lion by Dr Walter Palmer in July, 2015 in Zimbabwe the idea of trophy hunting has been placed under a critical eye by the international audience. In an opinion piece entitled “Why killing lions like Cecil may actually be good for conservation”, published in the conversation in late July 2015, Nikki Rust and Diogo Verissimo mark their support of the continuation of trophy hunting in African countries such as Zimbabwe, due to the positives of the industry. In opposition, a letter to the editor, published in the age in August of 2015, written by Vivienne Ortega suggests that the industry’s damages outway any benefit caused. Similarly, Mark Streeter’s commentary comic, published in The Cagle Post suggests that trophying hunting is a heartless age.

The Time News article outlines the death and hunting down of Cecil the lion by interviewing Geoffrey Kent, co-founder and CEO of luxury travel Abercrombie and Kent. Abercrombie and Kent offer hotels and travel deals all over the world. Kent is the writer of the book Safari. The Questions are mainly about the death of Cecil and how it could have been prevented and how we can stop it happening again.