Relationships between parents and children

By: Jack Agosta, Greg Hale, Marisa Curlen, and Rory

O’Gallagher

How to point out parent-child relationships

• Ask yourself the following questions:• Is it a good or bad relationship?• Does the relationship grow or shrink by the end?• Is there a certain level of trust between them?\• Do they say “I love you” or “I hate you” at any point in the

movie?

• Look closely at these points:• Emotions• Attitude toward each other• Actions in extreme situations• Any factors interfering with the relationship

Marlin and Nemo Beginning

• Nemo is very eager to get out into the world

• After the barracuda incident Marlin is very uptight

• They have a strained relationship

• “I hate you.” Nemo said to Marlin

Ex. #2 Crush and squirt

• Crush lets Squirt “fly solo” when he falls out of the Australian current

• Squirt finds his way back and is very confident

• Crush new he could find his way back and was proud of his son when he did

• Crush and Squirt are very close and have a secret handshake

• Marlin learns that he has to have faith in Nemo like Crush has in his son

Example # 3 Gil and Nemo

• Nemo and Gil have a similar" lucky” fin and are from the ocean not pet store like others.

• Gil has plan to free fish from tank but plan is not good but because Nemo admires Gil he wants to help.

• Nemo tries to help and does not succeed in plan. Nemo apologizes for this.

• Nemo retries the plan and succeeds.

Example #4 Marlin and Nemo: End

• End of movie Relationship is very different from beginning

• Marlin trusts Nemo to save Dory and other fish. This shows that now Marlin has raised his confidence in Nemo.

• After Nemo has saved all fish he is trapped in net. Marlin still shows extensive care for Nemo.

Kid & Parent Relationships

• Parents and kids are faithful to one another

• Prior to Nemo getting lost, Marlin was overprotective of his son

• In the end, after seeing other parents have such faith in their children, Marlin allows Nemo to take risks and has faith in Nemo’s capabilities