A Rhetorical Analysis Of The Lion King By Margaret Lazarus

The article portrays “The Lion King” as a story about society that began in the minds of the Disney’s makers. All’s not well in land of “The Lion King” by Margaret Lazarus, who describes how the gold maned lion Mufasa is good and the black maned lion Scar is bad along with the black hyenas. This article explains that Scar has no cubs and ultimately his voice determines that he is gay. Once Scar and the black hyenas take over the Pride Lands, the article assumes the gays and blacks will destroy the natural order. Then they harm the remaining good cubs who do not fight back, but only worry and hope for salvation. Once the first born male cub Simba of the king returns, the gay black Scar is then killed and the hyenas are sent away to the ghettos. The article indicates that only the ones born of privilege can bring about good change. The author assumes that this story is not about animals in Africa, since they do not behave like this. Also this article informs that people will be harmfully affected from experiencing this story. The article gives a different point of perspective from the story “The

I was a child when the story was released and I was only concerned and sad, but overwhelmed with joy and fascination. I could see that some young children may be frightened or startled from some parts of the story, but will not make them harmfully affected later in their lives. For me “The Lion King” was a marvelous and musical story about animals in the Circle of Life. Also throughout the story the musical songs teach children lessons about life pertaining to being good and bad. Many children remember the songs from “The Lion King” and sing them aloud by themselves and with groups of others, so this story has only provided them a profoundly positive affect in life. I say experiencing this incredible story as a child has only benefitted me not harm me in