BRAVE

<Brave> - Compare/Contrast

The movie, "Brave" was about a Princess Merida and a Queen Elinor. Well, Elinor was a mother of Merida and the wife of the King Fergus. She wanted to make her daughter become a good princess, so she required so many things to her daughter, Merida. Therefore, Merida wanted a real freedom. Merida met a witch and bought a spell, which made her mother turn into a wild bear. She did her best to protect her mother ad changed her appearance again. When she was disappointed at the result of her efforts, her mother got back to her original figure. This is the story of the movie. From now, I'm going to tell you about the three differences of two main characters, Merida and Elinor: their characteristics, concerns, and education.

First is their characteristics. They had such different personalities to be together. Merida, the princess was very curious and lively. She liked to wear comfortable clothes, ride a horse, and shoot her arrows. She wanted to do what she want, and didn't like monotonous days in the palace. So when the Queen Elinor said her to be married, she tried to change her fate. On the other hand, Queen Elinor was a strict person who likes to follow the rules. She was a paradigm of the good queen. However, because of her strict rules, she required too many things to her daughter, and didn't listen to what Merida said. Such huge difference between their characteristics hampered them to have balance, and so they went apart. Also, this problem is related to the next point, concern.

Second is about each of their concerns. Well, Merida's most favorite hobby was archery. So her biggest concern was archery. She also loved her horse. But when her mother said about marriage, her most important concern was changed. She then wanted to change her fate. That's why she visited the witch's house. However, Queen Elinor was different. She wanted to be a perfect queen, and she really was! She liked to observe the complex rules. Her most important and unforgettable concern was the rules and the laws. So she fought with Merida, and became a bear. After that her concern also was changed. She wanted to get back to her original appearance. However, she thought Merida was most important. She wanted to protect her.

The last thing is about their educational philosophy. Merida's mother, Queen Elinor, was very strict to Merida. She couldn't accept Merida's small mistakes. She wanted to make Merida a great princess, but it caused negative outcome. Merida didn't like that kinds of education. It was an improper education to her. However, Queen Elinor must be got a good education from her parents or she liked it very much. If she hated that education, she didn't learn about that. Also, she liked to teach her daughter about it. We don't know about Elinor's childhood. However, we can guess it: Elinor got a marriage when she was young like Merida. But she didn't disagree about it. She respected her parents' opinion. She was educated like that. I think she grew up as a great princess that she wanted to Merida.

Well, they were very different. When they fought with each other, that's because of their differences. They didn't want to listen to each other, and didn't think about their similarities. Both of them have a sweet home, and actually, they love each other. There were many differences between them, such as characteristic, concern, and even the education! However, they could understand each other at the end. There were many lessons that we could get from it. But I like the lesson about Merida and Elinor's relation. We should listen and think about it carefully to don't make any problems. I want to be a careful and considerable person to my friends and relatives. What do you think about it? What did you feel or learn from this movie? Is it same as mine?