A Rhetorical Analysis of Technology Through Big Hero 6’s Baymax Set in a different universe where technology is far beyond our earth’s capabilities,Big Hero 6 is an animated movie following the adventure of the main protagonists, Hiro Hamada and his brother’s endearing caretaker invention, Baymax. As the plot deepens and Baymax’s characterization is developed, we can see that the animation studio has made Baymax the reflection of what technology really is, a tool that conforms to the will of the users and the creator of the invention. When Hiro was first introduced to Baymax at the university where Tadashi, his brother, worked, Baymax’s design was described to aim for a “non-threatening, huggable kind of thing,” to which Hiro replied, “[Baymax] looks like a walking marshmallow.” He was white, round, and soft, and made cute squeaky sounds when he moved. He was also programmed with thousands of medical procedure with the sole intention of helping and taking care of people both mentally and physically. These technological designs mirror Tadashi’s characterics very closely; as the sole remainder of Hiro’s immediate family, he takes care of Hiro, he nurtures him as well, and he even guides Hiro to apply his …show more content…
Although it may be true that other robot-centered films probably use programming chips, very few of them employ them in a way where the chip becomes the identity of the semi or fully intelligent machine. To summarize, in Big Hero 6, Baymax has a total of two chips that was installed in him. A green one in which Tadashi has implemented all the coding for Baymax’s interaction protocol as well as the knowledge for medical procedure that he is supposed to use to help the world, but especially a code that forbids him to bring harm to a human being. The second chip was programmed by Hiro and contained martial arts knowledge along with the necessary knowledge for him to use the