"If you had a chance to change your fate, would you?"

When I walk into a movie theater, I don't plan to analyze a movie in a literary way. Especially when it's an animated-children's movie. But as I watched Brave, I couldn't help myself at analyzing it. There was sooo much to think about! To begin, Merida, has bright red hair. I mean bright red hair. I didn't think anything of it at first. Then again, as the movie went on, I noticed she was daring and ambitious and wild. Her hair is a big poof fall of frills-which to me meant she was all over the place, as she was. She didn't want to be the princess she was destined to be. She was in that awkward stage between teenager and adult. She could still be a child but she wanted to be able to have adult conversations. She didn't want to marry someone she didn't love. Like most of the other Disney princesses, she wanted to fall head over heals for someone. She wanted the power to decide her fate. When it comes down to three bachelors participating tournament to see who wins Merida's hand, she rebels and says "I am Merida, and I'll be shooting for my own hand" which of course aggravates her mother who is doing her duty of queen. Speaking of her mother, her mother has long brown hair that is laced up tight and is very graceful and in control. As usual, there is a hidden female character that is the one really pulling the strings. Her long, straight hair shows she is wise and is used to sticking with the rules. Her mother is the only one in the family who has brown hair. Also, Merida's dad and three brothers are also more ambitious and less likely to follow the rules. When Merida decided she is sick of everyone making decisions for her, she escapes to a witch for help. As we can anticipated, the witch's potion did what Merida asked for, but not in the way she was thinking. Merida's mom is now a bear- the beast of their clan that everyone wants to kill. In an instant, the queen who keeps everything on track, is what everyone hunts. Merida and her mother learn how to understand each other without words and with actions. They have to put their differences aside, and work together to keep Merida's mom alive. In the end, Merida ends up saving her mom with her fierce ambition and learning a very valuable lesson. Never go to a witch for help. But she also learned to look at the other side of the story and see their reasoning. My favorite part in the entire movie is at the end when Merida and her mom ride their horses together, both of their hair down, blowing in the wind freely. Her mom has realized her daughter is not going to be who she wants her to be. Merida is going to be her own person. It also reminds me of everyday problems of mother's knowing exactly who their daughter is going to be before they are even born. I love that I can actually look deeper into movies now and see hidden puzzle pieces. I am solving the mystery to certain words, certain colors, and certain features. With that being said, "If you had a chance to change your fate, would you?"