Emily Garland
Moore
p. 7
Jan 26, 2006
Simba from the lion king as a Hero
Simba from the Disney movie The Lion King, is a great example of a fictional hero. Like many heroes, he is born into it, Simba is the son of Mufasa, king of pride rock and the pridelands. He is singled out and treated as a celebrity from birth and expected to do great things and grow u to be a great king. Simba also grows up very innocently and blindly, which allows his to be deceived easily by his uncle scar.
Almost all stories with heroes have some betrayal, the lion king is no exeption. Simba's evil Uncle Scar wants Simba and Mufasa dead so he can take over the pridelands as king. Eventually Scar Kills Mufasa and Simba is blamed. This really ads a darker side to the hero, which he also has to confront along with the physical villain in this case, his uncle Scar.
After Simba is betrayed and left for dead by his evil uncle Scar, He flees afraid of his past, the villain inside of him is the one he is fighting now. This is a really good example of when heroes fight themselves, because most heroes do that than fight physical villains and obstacles. At this time in the story Simba meets up with Timone and Pumba, who are his friends, but encourage him to hide his inner conflicts. For years he keeps his past life from his friends and from his life.
Then, Simba is forced to confront his past when an old friend Nala confronts him about problems scar has caused in the pridelands. Simba once again has to deal with his inner villain, and almost considers fleeing once again. But the true outwardly hero emerges and he decides to go back to priderock and the pridelands.
When Simba returns to the pridelands, he is confronted with the main villain of the story his uncle Scar. He confronts his uncle and a great battle happens, not only against the physical villain, bit the eternal. Scar makes him confront the villain inside of Simba, which blames him for the death of his father. Simba overcomes the truth and his uncle and comes from the battle victorious.
Through out the story Simba is fighting two villains, His uncle scar and himself. These constant confrontations with his uncle Scar make this story exiting. The inner battle makes the story believable and easy to relate too.