Everyone
knows the plot of a Disney Princess movie. Girl meets boy, then girl
falls in love with boy, and boy and girl live happily ever after once
the villain has been defeated. One particular Disney movie has always
fit into the “one of these things is not like the other”
category. That movie would be Mulan.
Mulan
is the story of a brave Chinese girl living in the Han Dynasty. When
the Huns invade China, the emperor commands that a man from each
family must join the Chinese Military. Mulan's father is an elderly
warrior, and the only man in the family. Seeing that her father will
surely die if he goes to war, Mulan takes matters into her own hands
and leaves her family in the middle of the night to pose as a young
man to take the place of her father, despite knowing that if she is
caught she will be killed. After a rough start at the military
training camp where she is, Mulan eventually flourishes into a
skilled warrior along with her other soldiers. As she trains under
the instruction of Captain Li Shang, she begins to to fall in love
with him. The group is ambushed by the Huns, and Mulan gets stabbed.
Her secret of being a woman is discovered as they treat her wound.
Since Mulan saved Li Shang, he spares her life, but leaves her in the
snowy mountains where they thought they defeated the Huns. Mulan
watches the Huns reassemble out of the snow, and rushes to the city
where the emperor lives, and where the Huns plan to attack. In the
end, Mulan saves all of China by fighting the Hun leader, and is
rewarded greatly.
Mulan
is unlike any other Disney character because she isn't just a
princess who falls in love with the handsome prince. Mulan has
courage, strength, and bravery not seen in any other character. Mulan
is a character that is a great role model for young girls, and a
character that should inspire not just girls, but everyone, to always
follow their heart. Mulan is selfless in that she'd rather risk her
own life than that of someone else. Mulan never second guesses her
decisions, because every time she believes she is doing the right
thing. Through her courage, strength, and bravery, Mulan proves that
she is a “Girl Worth Fighting For.”
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