1. The story in Avatar is really based on the age old story of colonization. Describe why Jake's colleagues want to destroy the tree the Navi live in. Do they realize that destroying the tree essentially destroys the Navi's habitat? Why or why not?
Jake’s colleagues want to destroy the tree the Navi live in because they want to get the valuable mineral called unobtanium. They believe there is a lot of that mineral under the tree. Jake’s colleagues know that destroying the tree will destroy the Navi’s habitat because Dr. Grace told them the tree is the network for connecting Pandoran organisms but they pretend like they do not know.
2. Describe a similar conflict from history.
A similar conflict from history is when America first became a colony of the England. The early immigrants had conflict with the Native Americans at the time. The European immigrants wanted the Native Americans to adapt to the European culture and religion. This caused a lot of conflicts between the two group of people.
3. Describe a similar conflict that is happening in the world today.
Some people believe a similar conflict that is happening in the world today may be the United States war with Iraq. The United States attacked Iraq because they wanted to destroy the weapon of mass destruction. But no weapon of mass destruction was found and there is a very valuable resource in Iraq, oil.
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What is the relationship between the Navi and nature? What is our modern society's relationship to nature? Do you think modern society can help save the environment by adapting some of the attitudes towards nature that native cultures (like the fictitious Navi) have? Why or why not?
The Navi blends them selves in to the Nature and they respect the nature very much. Our modern society’s relationship to nature is that we don’t care very much about the nature. Many new technologies are causing pollutions that are hurting the nature. I think modern society can help save the environment by adapting some of the attitudes towards nature that native cultures have because they respect the nature more. They live with the nature and they understand that everything comes from the nature.
