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DTERM PAPER
Imustsayi fthereisonemov ieorshowt hathavei mpact
edt hewayIv i
ewl i
feis
theanimatedmov i
e“ Encant
o”.Thefil
mf ocusesont heMadr i
gals,anincrediblefamil
y
thatresi
dei
ntheCol ombianmount ai
nsi nawonder ful pl
aceknownast heEncant o.
ExceptforMirabel,eachofthefamily
’schi ldr
enhasr eceiv
edaspeci algif
tfrom the
Encanto’
senchant ment .Whenshedi scov ersthattheenchant mentar oundt heEncanto
i
si ndanger,
shemaybecomet heMadr i
gals’[Link] il
m didn’tonlyfocusedon
theEncanto’
sgi ftbutalsotoeachoft hef amily’sproblemsandst rugglesast heygrow.
Encantomaybet ypi
call
ydescr i
bedasal i
ght-
heartedcomedy ,i
thasseveral
meaningfulunderly
[Link] il
m shedsli
ghtonper sonalstr
uggl
eswi th
vul
nerabil
it
y,sel
f-accept
ance,andembr acingimperf
[Link]
m emphasizesthe
i
mpor t
anceoff ami l
yandbelongingaswef ol
l
owMi rabelandherfamilyt
hrought hei
r
str
uggles.I
fthereisonethingIlearnedfr
om Encantoist hatever
yoneisvul
nerable.
Encantoisav ibr
antandwonder full
yani matedst orythatispl
easant,engaging,and
amusing,wi t
hal [Link] neaththecheerfulandcharmi ng
veneerisanar r
ativeoffamil
yandbel onging,aswel lasdealingwithgenerati
onal t
rauma
andthepr essur
eofuphol di
ngbelief
sandt raditi
onswhi leplanni
[Link]
watching"Encanto",wecanlearnalotofl i
fel essonst hatwecanappl ytoourreal l
if
e.
Thismovieremi
ndsusthateveryonehasflaws,strengt
hsandweaknesses,andwe
needtodoourbestandnotaskt oomuchofour sel
[Link]
sodoesnotshyaway
fr
om explori
ngthenuancesofostr
acizedf
amilymember sandtheprej
udiceof
ten
harboredagai
nstpeopl
ewhoseet hingsdi
ffer
ent l
yandbehav edi
ff
erent
ly.