Avatarmotional

1. The scene where the Tree of Souls has been knocked over and is burning. The avatars are watching in horror and sadness, as well as most of the humans; except for Colonel Quaritch. He seems to be pleased at watching the sight.

2. The scene tried to make me feel upset, and that what they are doing is unfair and unjust. By showing the reactions and feelings of the other characters, to whom we have already identified with, we are also persuaded into feeling the same sadness and helplessness for what just occured. This is also supported by Quaritch being pleased with what he had done. Quaritch is the main symbol of the archetypical villian in Avatar. And we are conditioned to think the villian is bad and what he wants is bad. Therefore, we already feel the sadness and helplessness of watching the tree burn and the avatars suffer, and then it is reinforced and stirs up anger when we see Quaritch pleased with himself. He even says something about buying the first round of drinks for everyone; like destroying a civilization is something to celebrate. My feelings of anger towards him are mustered up just by explaining it.

3. This scene is arguing that it is unethical to be destroying the land and attacking the people of the Na’vi. We are signified to feel sadness through the display of the sadness of the Na’vi people. The viewers are also subjected to the helplessness that they feel. Once these emotions are felt, they slightly shift more towards anger. We see the pleasure the villain, Quaritch, is receiving from this and we become outraged because we have just identified with the immortality of the attack. Through the emotions we are influenced to feel, we are lead to conclude that it is horribly unethical for the Na’vi to be attacked.