What Is the Main Message of Avatar?

Avatar is an American media franchise created by James Cameron, which consists of a planned series of epic science fiction films produced by Lightstorm Entertainment and distributed by 20th Century Studios, as well as associated computer games and theme park ridesThe film is a wake-up call – reminding us of the dangers of greed, unconsciousness, disconnection, insensitivity, violence, and arrogance, both globally and personally.

A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home. When his brother is killed in a robbery, paraplegic Marine Jake Sully decides to take his place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora.

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In 1994, director James Cameron wrote an 80-page treatment for Avatar, drawing inspiration from “every single science fiction book” he had read in his childhood as well as from adventure novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs and H. Rider Haggard.

Not only was Avatar technologically advanced, but the content of the film also covered a variety of relevant topics. From race relations and a call for revolution to the destruction of natural habitats for the sake of greed, Avatar brings forward the true nature of how humans have chosen to treat the land.

The conflict in the movie is about colonization and man vs nature. Jake Sully is an ex-marine who’s lost the ability to walk, he’s brought into the Avatar program because his twin brother died and the body of the Avatar accepts the same DNA only.

It was an attempt by the Resources Development Administration to forcefully evict the Omaticaya clan from their ancestral Hometree in order to gain access to the large unobtanium mine directly below the settlement.

Avatar derives from a Sanskrit word meaning “descent,” and when it first appeared in English in the late 18th century, it referred to the descent of a deity to the earth—typically, the incarnation in earthly form of Vishnu or another Hindu deity.

So when an Avatar dies, the human side goes to the spirit plane, while Raava is passed on. Because only the human side died. The true Avatar spirit, Raava then goes to another human form. (Tenpin said to Korra that Though Raava and Korra are bonded, their spirits still are technically separate.)

But upon learning that he was actually on the back of a Lion Turtle, one of four that made the first benders by manipulating humans’ chi, Aang receives the Lion Turtle’s Energybending. During the final battle, Aang’s scar is pressed against a jutting rock, opening his chakras and allowing him to enter the Avatar State.

Aang was capable of bending large boulders, sending massive columns of rock flying, or forming earthen armor around his body for protection. He also eventually learned to fight and bend blindfolded by detecting things through the use of seismic sense, a skill that he learned directly from Toph.

The film is a wake-up call – reminding us of the dangers of greed, unconsciousness, disconnection, insensitivity, violence, and arrogance, both globally and personally.

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