Mulan

Mulan In the animated movie “Mulan,” Disney Studio is presenting its own version of the Chinese legend of FaMuLan that Maxine Hong Kingston also offers in her book The Woman Warrior. Disney Studio chooses to tell this legend for similar reasons to Kingston. Mulan contains a theme that is fitting for the 90’s, womanpower. Being a popular topic in the 20th century, Disney must have felt that this theme would attract moviegoers. Kingston chooses to tell this story because she knows women can be warriors. Women are more than just wives or slaves and are capable of doing jobs that have traditionally been set-aside for men. Women can be successful and bring honor to their families in other ways. When Disney Studios created Mulan, it altered the original legend in an attempt to make it more exciting for movie audiences. Disney begins by showing that there is only one way a woman can bring honor to her family in Chinese culture. She must be suitable for marriage. This includes being obedient to her husband at all times and hardworking. She must also be attractive, but not too slender. If version, mulan, woman, disney, kingston’s, famulan, army, shang, must, man, legend, women, tells, successful, out, honor, emperor, disney’s, both, because, very, stories, place, people, one, home, family, chinese, being, years, warrior, training, trained, time, story