Colonel Quaritch's Abuse Of Power In Avatar

Avatar is set in the future, on a far away planet called Pandora. One hundred years or so into the near future, planet earth is attempting to solve its energy issues by mining a rare mineral called Unobtanium, where 12 foot tall blue human look alikes live, called Na’vi. In my eyes the main theme was Abuse Of Power. James Cameron, the director, showed it very well. One main point is Colonel Quaritch, he is head of the Resources Development Administration, which is the company mining Pandora. He has power over everyone, what he says, goes. A example of this is when the main character, Jake Sulley, is just entering the base. Colonel quaritch is very firm with them about the rules and very straight up about them dieing if they go out of the gates. Second is when the humans are invading the Na’vi’s hometree, using high force missiles and driving the

During the opening scene in Avatar, you had Jake Sulley wheeling into a dark room where you can hear loud footsteps and Colonel Quaritch talking. While he’s talking about the rules on base, you can hear the loud footsteps made by him. The camera switches from his back to a close up on his feet. Then all of a sudden the footsteps stop and they switch from colonels feet to a close up on his face, slowly zooming in. In my opinion when James Cameron zooms on Colonel Quaritchs steps it is showing that he is a hard military man that will finish the job he has been assigned to do, and no one is to get in his way or else.Again when they show his face they have used a close up. This is to show that he will do anything in his will to keep you in line, and he isn't scared to put you in your place. This is showing Abuse of power because you feel like you are below him and what he says, goes.

After reflecting Avatar, i now see that we humans need to think about what our actions are actually doing. Our actions not only hurt people but they can also affect the nature and all wildlife out