1. The Lion King Mert Koşan Batuhan Büyükerdoğmuş Ferit Emre Yılmaz

2. Outline / Tutorial Info about Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff (directors) and Walt Disney (co-founder of the Disney animations) Messages given in the film Setting&Plot Main Characters Analyzation Gender Issue  Male vs Male  Male vs Female  Sexual Orientation Racist Remarks What do you think?

3. Information about Directors Short biography about Allers and Minkoff Short information about Walt Disney himself Roger Allers Rob Minkoff Walt Disney

4. Messages given in the film Direct Messages (For children to adopt) ◦Good ones always win in the end. ◦Bad ones always lose in the end. Indirect Messages ◦Physically strong ones (males) always supreme. ◦Males are the leaders of the society. ◦Sexual orientation (hetero over homo). ◦Racial segregation with respect to the skin color.

5. Settings Pride Rock / Africa near Mt Kilamanjaro

6. Pride Land

7. Elephant Graveyard

8. The Gorge

9. The Gorge shown in the film

10. Jungle Oasis

12. Characters of Lion King Mufasa (King of the Pride Rock) Simba (Son of Mufasa, Heir of Throne) Scar (Brother of Mufasa – Traitor) Nala (has a Child Marriage with Simba) Sarabi (Wife of Mufasa) Hyenas (Ed, Banzai, Shenzi) Zazu (Right Hand of the King) Timon and Pumbaa (friends in Jungle Oasis) Rafiki (Baboon)  We are going to talk about these characters in details.

13. Plot Birth of prince lion, Simba. Simba tricked by Scar, disobeyed his father, Simba faced hyenas. Mufasa came to rescue Simba and Nala, warned him. Scar tricked Simba again to kill Mufasa. Scar conspired with hyenas to create a stampede. Mufasa rescued Simba from stampede, but betrayed by Scar and got killed. Simba ran away because he felt that he is responsible of his father’s death. Scar became the King of the Pride Rock. Simba was found by Timon and Pumbaa in the desert.

14. Simba began living with them in jungle oasis and he grew in here. Nala found Simba alive and grown up. Simba refused to return Pride Rock. He didn’t want to be a king. Nala told Simba that Pride Rock got corrupted, the circle of life was broken by Scar and hyenas. Simba was convinced by Rafiki to return and he was reminded of himself. Simba returned to Pride Rock to face with Scar. Simba confessed that he was the reason why Mufasa died. Scar told him that Scar killed Mufasa. Simba beated Scar. Scar got killed by hyenas. Balance and circle of life were restored once again.

15. Gender Issue Male versus Male ◦Dominancy of Mufasa and Simba over Scar (main conflict of the film) ◦Brutal strength, bravery

16. Male versus Female ◦Roles difference. (Males are the rulers and protect their land / Females are the hunters and looking after their children) ◦Emphasizing of Male characters compared to Females.

17. Sexual Orientation ◦Mufasa and Simba are heterosexual, whereas Scar looks to be homosexual.

18. Racist Remarks Hyenas (Hyenas vocalized by African American and Latin American accents) (http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/The_Lion_Ki ng)http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/The_Lion_Ki ng

19. Hyenas marching like Nazi soldiers or North Korean Army saluting Scar. (Hitler or Kim Il-Sung )

20. Scar and Hyenas versus Other Lions (Black vs White) ◦With respect to skin color ◦Shown that Whites are stronger than Blacks ◦Lions can take part in circle of life, hyenas and Scar cannot.

21. Discussion Questions We are going to ask a few questions about the film.

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