Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 9:12 AM
Optimistic/Naive
I have been thinking. Thinking a lot, and i have realised quite a few things in the process. It's amazing how simple act of thinking can lead to the most complex of thoughts.I watched the movie UP. Wonderful movie. Typical Disney kind of movie. Great story and a beautiful ending. However, i realised something during the course of the movie. The bad guy always dies in Disney movie. DIES. Always killed. Isn't that a little violent for a film meant for children? This lead to further thoughts and i realised how violent children nursery rhymes are. For example, humpty dumpty. This fellow fell from a wall and broke into 1000 pieces! Sounds like SAW to me. So why are nursery rhymes so violent? Aren't we supposed to protect our children? THINK OF THE CHILDREN!Then i got it. Actually i got it while watching an episode of Criminal Minds with the same theme. Children know that there are bad people out there. We don't have to lie to them. They know. There are kids but there aren't stupid. Our job is to assure them that these bad people can be killed. That the horrors of the world can and will always be destroyed. Our job is to keep them optimistic."Children know that dragons exist. We just got to tell them the knight is coming."
