Usually, when you think of a hero you think of a strong character. A character that is not afraid of anything. A hero is most of the time a man or portrayed in some form of a man like, Shrek. In the animated film "Kirikou et la Sorciere" you encounter a surprise when you see the character, Kirikou. Kirikou is the tiniest hero I've ever seen. He is very clever and optimistic. Kirikou lives in a small village with his mother and his family. Kirikou's biggest heroic journey was when he went to see his grandfather. He had to be very careful and smart because he couldn't let the evil sorceress, Karaba, see him.
Karaba is the evil sorceress. She stood out in the movie the most to me. She did evil deeds like she took the water, took all of the men and turned them into obedient servants, she took all the gold, and she stole the children. Karaba was not always mean and evil though. She was a beautiful, young woman. Later in the movie you find out that she is so mean and evil for a reason. Karaba was in pain. Karaba was raped by many men and they put a poisonous thorn in her spine. The thorn seemed to be a reminder of what had happened to her.
Karaba to me represents a lot of women in this world today. There are so many women that have been hurt by men. Since women don't know how to heal from the hurt or we don't get help to heal from the hurt; we as women hold onto the hurt. Holding on to that hurt causes women to be very mean to men. Women tend to be miserable, and has we all know misery loves company. This situation turns into a generational curse. Wounded women are raising little girls. Little girls are being taught to hate men because of their mothers' wounds. All wounded women need is a hero like Kirikou to take the thorn out of their backs, so we can feel no more pain and we could feel free like Karaba.
I would watch this movie again. I would recommend that women that have been hurt before watch this movie. Watching this movie has made me realize some things. One thing being, we should learn to forgive! If women could learn to do that we would feel FREE!
Karaba is the evil sorceress. She stood out in the movie the most to me. She did evil deeds like she took the water, took all of the men and turned them into obedient servants, she took all the gold, and she stole the children. Karaba was not always mean and evil though. She was a beautiful, young woman. Later in the movie you find out that she is so mean and evil for a reason. Karaba was in pain. Karaba was raped by many men and they put a poisonous thorn in her spine. The thorn seemed to be a reminder of what had happened to her.
Karaba to me represents a lot of women in this world today. There are so many women that have been hurt by men. Since women don't know how to heal from the hurt or we don't get help to heal from the hurt; we as women hold onto the hurt. Holding on to that hurt causes women to be very mean to men. Women tend to be miserable, and has we all know misery loves company. This situation turns into a generational curse. Wounded women are raising little girls. Little girls are being taught to hate men because of their mothers' wounds. All wounded women need is a hero like Kirikou to take the thorn out of their backs, so we can feel no more pain and we could feel free like Karaba.
I would watch this movie again. I would recommend that women that have been hurt before watch this movie. Watching this movie has made me realize some things. One thing being, we should learn to forgive! If women could learn to do that we would feel FREE!