Summary Of Why Are All The Cartoon Mothers Dead

Most movements and protests are based on feminism, which means equal rights for women and men. But many protesters and socialists only focus on women's rights being magnified. They forget a crucial part of what feminism actually is describing, men and women. The article “Why are all the Cartoon Mothers Dead?” By Sarah Boxer addresses gender differences and feminism by expressing this point of view through the use of Disney’s movies. I agree with Boxer’s argument because people keep forgetting about men's rights in comparison to females' rights. Disney movies always tend to kill the mother either before the plot or toward the beginning of the story, and the father takes on the mother’s role, making the father seem more loveable.

This is because everyone’s focus and attention are drawn towards the main character in Disney movies that benefits from the death. Boxer directs the reader to believe that the mother dying is an important factor in the development of the movie. In the article Boxer states that “In the movie Finding Nemo. The single father, Marlin, overcomes all his superstitions and anxiety to protect his son. Marlin replaces the non-existent mother character so well; he finds ways to replace everything his son lacks- a playmate, a buddy, and a mother.” (Boxer p.2) Boxer is pointing out that the mother not being there, can have a significant effect on the outcome of the movie. In all cases the mother dying, is a positive attribute to the main character and the journey they have to face. In the movie. Finding Nemo, Nemo’s dad and Nemo begin to grow up without the mother, and their relationship got stronger because of this

Incredible was the one who ran off and abandoned his kids to go on a secret mission. In the end of the movie Ms. Incredible saves the day and made sure all the kids are safe. One example from the article is “I should point out that Elastigirl’s superpower—flexibility, stretchiness, or what Eisenstein, back in the 1940s, termed plasmaticness… Elastigirl, then, is not only a great character and a great mother, but the very picture of protoplasmic freedom.” This example states that critics think that The Incredibles is opposite of what Boxer is arguing, but this is not the case, in fact she is arguing that it always has to be one parent. Although in this case, Ms. Incredible is taking care of the kids, Boxer still wonders why one parent always has to be nonexistent for the story to continue. She refutes with this quote “It’s a view of what animated movies could be—not another desperate attempt to assert the inalienable rights of men, but an incredible world where everyone has rights and powers, even the mothers.” This quote asserts Boxer’s argument of Feminism should be focused on man and women, not just