Review of Brother Bear (2003) by Broderic B — 09 Apr 2016

Broderic S. Bowman Mosley.

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Brother Bear Movie Review.

In the movie Brother Bear, Kenai, an Indian Brave who does not like bears. Kenai does not like bears because he had lost his brother to one. Kenai eventually finds the bear and kills it. Ironically he ends up turning into a bear to help enlighten his new life in a different perspective. Also Kenai, is eventually visited by the spirit of his brother whose soul was taken by the bear. The spirit told him that if he wanted to be turned back into a human being that he had to travel to the northern lights. Along the journey the journey, Kenai meets a bear named Koda that is trying to find his way back to his home. After further analysis Koda and Kenai find out that Koda's home just so happens to be right next to the same place that Kenai is trying to get to. Also along this journey, Kenai and Koda are being haunted be Kenai's other brother named Denhai. Denhai thinks that the exact bear that Kenai's soul is in, was indeed the bear that killed Kenai. Uring the duration of Kenai being in this bear transformation, Kenai finds out that he likes being a bear and that not only are humans afraid or scared of bears, but bears are afraid of humans as well. Eventually after realizing his fate, Kenai ends up staying in the form of a bear without any worries.

This movie relates to chapter 2: Indigenous religions of North America through "Trickster" in our world religion book. Trickster is basically a lesson taught through exploits of character. The figure is normally an animal of some sort who has adventures and engages in mischief or playful misbehavior. This situation happened to Kenai because of his failure to follow the rules about social behavior.