Jake Sully's natural inequality

" It appears, at first view, that men in a state of nature, having no moral relations or determinate obligations one with another, could not be either good or bad, virtuous or vicious; unless we take these terms in a physical sense, and call, in an individual, those qualities vices which may be injurious to his preservation, and those virtues which contribute to it; in which case, he would have to be accounted most virtuous, who put least check on the pure impulses of nature."

Rousseau discusses natural inequality and how it involves differences between one man's physical strength and that of another therefor it is a product of nature. Avatar is such a great example of how these differences are proved and when right off the bat when Jake Sully comes into the world and life of the Navi his physical strength is shown whether he wants it to or not. One thing that exists in Avatar along with our life here on earth is the natural assumption that men must show their strength through certain things and that if they are stronger. The strength and power means and suggests they probably have a higher position in their society.

The scene that I am going to use and compare Rousseaus idea to is the scene where Jake Sully proves he is just as able if not more of a Navi or native of Pandora when he establishes and first connects with his dragon like animal. I then want to go into the scene even further and towards the end where he proves and conquers over all and gains the most respect and power when beating and becoming the one and only owner of Turok Makto.

Rousseaus claims and beliefs suggest that these inequalities establish power and relates to wealth in all different sorts of contexts. The first time Jake Sully truly gains any respect from others then Neytiri is when he proves he is strong and can be one with the dragon through learning training and acting like on of the Navi, he is pushed and told by the other men in society you must go first almost in a sense of a mockery and the other men because they have already gained or proved this power are able to do that. This natural state of a man which Rousseau discusses and he claims is hard to even distinguish from that of an animal and what makes Avatar such a great example of his idea. The savageness of the Navi people relate to this animal instinct and such as this scene where Jake Sully is given a task which is human like in few ways but hard to determine whether the power he gains through conquering the dragon is innate or not and also a survival technique which relates to the animals.

The development of the man and his natural state is strongly correlated to Jake and his journey throughout the movie Avatar although the development of language and so many of the things which aren't truly the natural states Jakes journey leads to the end of the movie and scene where Jake conquers Turok Makto and completely establishes not only his power and ability but suggests that when you are powerful and stronger you will end up at the top and be something that no one else is. The person who is the leader is someone who has done this is the past or with his innate ability or strength triumphs. Rosseaus idea proves this power and why he gains it at the end and why everyone is so eager to listen and follow the order once shown this protection, strength and natural ability. This then leads back to the beginning quote and suggestion that competition,and urge for power without language, is a sense of what Jake Sully proves that most significant and powerful advances are made somehow by proving something that not everyone else can do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVHOB-kqOmA&feature=related----- Overscene of the power which Jake Sully obtains after proving through this natural inequality his strength and power over the Navi.