Movie & Movie Reflection

On the African savanna, a lion cub is born to the King and Queen. When the young cub is born it pushes the king's brother Scar down the line to receive the throne. In jealous rage, Scar plots with the hyenas to have the young cub (Simba) and father (Mufasa), to make himself king. Mufasa is led into a wildebeest stampede by Scar, who had placed Simba in the middle to lure Mufasa in. Mufasa saves his son, but at the cost of his own life. Scar then tricks Simba into thinking that the death of his father was his fault, and Simba runs off into the dessert. After years of exile he is persuaded to return home to overthrow his evil uncle Scar and reclaim the throne.
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The excerpt from the film, "The Lion King" that I will be using is very close to the beginning. You could call it the 'rising action' of the film. This part is when Simba and Nala are young cubs, who are in the accompaniment of Zazu, the King's messenger, to the water hole. The young cubs trick Zazu to be left behind while they go to explore an elephant graveyard. While they are there, they are confronted by the three hyenas Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed. Who chase the cubs and Zazu into their lair. Just as they are going to attack Mufasa protects Simba and Nala, and chases off the hyenas.
They are walking back to Pride Rock when Mufasa takes Simba aside and says ;
"Simba I am very disappointed in you."
"I know.."
"You could have been killed, you deliberately disobeyed me, and whats worse you put Nala in danger!"
"I was just trying to be brave like you."
"I'm only brave when I have to be, Simba being brave doesn't mean you looking for trouble."
"But you're not scared of anything!"
"I was today, I thought I might loose you."
"..Oh, I guess kings get scared too, huh?"

Courage is mainly based on fear and the power ro overcome it. In this part of the film, Simba learns a very valuable lesson from Mufasa. He learned that even though his father is very brave, he also has fears that he must overcome in order to have the courage that he has. If you search for 'courage' in the dictionary, it is defined as;
 "the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, and pain without fear; bravery"
"the power or quality of dealing with or facing fear."

Even though Simba thinks he is brave and goes off to find trouble, and finds that his courage is flawed when confronted with danger. Simba's mentality is that kings are brave all the time and never fear danger, but this is obviously flawed because Mufasa has many fears that he must overcome in order to be brave. Simba learns this lesson and practices it near the end of the movie by going back to Pride Rock to challenge his evil Uncle Scar.