The Disney animated movie (Mulan) is inspired by a medieval Chinese legend, which is about a young woman who joins the army to save her father 's life. The legend has countless variations, although the earliest is called "Mulan Shi" or "Mulan Poem", written between 386 AD and 533 AD. The Disney version differs from the myth, while not paying attention to the accuracies of the legend, they go in the direction of looking for self-worth, feminism, and romance. This creates many historical inaccuracies which makes the Asian culture interchangeable "others". Mulan is described as a three in one feature film: comedy, action movie, and musical. Narratives such as Mulan suggest that people of another race other than whites are less entitled to a life of leisure and privilege. Non-white heroin 's tend to settle more often for modest aspirations where Mulan is an example of stereotyping against race and gender. When Disney animated films are in the works there is almost always a strong relationship between the father and daughter. A …show more content…
Mulan is one of the first Walt Disney Animated features that although is not accurate to the legend shows a young woman who will do anything to find herself worth and how she overcame the obstacles of being a man to protect and save her father from war. This animated feature not only shows a brave determined woman, but how a strong independent woman can be productive without the help of a man. In the animated film Shrek, Fiona changes what a princess should look like and act. This gives children a different viewpoint, in which they can be themselves and a man will still love them for who they actually are. (Don 't change because of a man). These two featured films have pioneered a new generation of how animators view female characters, and how women can look up to these heroin 's as role models and new powerful feminists