When you watch a movie, you typically don't watch it for the theme or how it connects to the real world. Most people watch movies for entertainment or to reduce stress. They don’t watch it to see how...

When you watch a movie, you typically don't watch it for the theme or how it connects to the real world. Most people watch movies for entertainment or to reduce stress. They don’t watch it to see how it relates to our world and our history. For an example,




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How does a movie with a setting of a fake world with fake characters relate to our world? From the characters actions to what happens in the movie, you can connect the fake to our real.

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How can you compare a movie to real life? As you continue watching




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you can see many similarities from the movie to our history. For an example you can see how in the movie, the humans are using their power and technology to take what they want from the Na'vi, who don't have as much power or technology. It's kind of like The Napoleonic Wars when Napoleon was attracted to taking land for status and power. The humans in




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are extending their, just to take what they want. There were leaders, Quaritch and Selfridge, and everyone followed their orders to essentially take over Pandora with their militarism and machines.

industry Did you notice a difference between the weapons the humans used and the weapons the Na'vi used? The humans had robot suits, massive guns, ships, and missiles. The Na'vi had knives and bows and arrows. A couple had guns but not very much. The Na'vi weren't as equipped with weapons as the humans were. The humans used that to their advantage

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