a warrior. Disney also changed her having a baby in the story by one of her soldiers. In the movie everyone thought she was a man, so nothing like that occured in the movie. The changes in the movie did not effect the reviews of the story. Both the movie and the book were very interesting but just in different ways. The book showed points that were real and the movie showed points that were sufficient for children.Some of the differing culture norms Disney tries to reinforce again are howthe women are treated in their culture, how could they dishonor their family by doing certain things, like being in a war, or men refusing to go in the war. The Chinese are very family oriented, if one family member does something that could cause dishonor, the whole family will feel dishonored.Disney shows this by when the father is scared and unmask his daughter because he knows they would be looked down on and they could both get killed for doing something like that. The movie shows that for women it is harder to gain acception for being strong-minded. They have to work really hard to get respect from men. Disney also brought out the fact that the woman being quiet while a man is talking. The father told his daughter that if she would obey and be quiet she would fail at finding a husband. As in the Kingston novel, the mother always told her kids to be quiet, there was no talking at the dinner table. This portion of the book and the movie were very similar, but just conveyed in different ways. I found the book and the movie to be very entertaining. I actually prefer the moviebecause it gave me illustration instead of just words in a book . The movie had animation, which was good because it was not strictly a Chinese tale, it was a fun loving movie.The movie was more realistic than the book, as the story about Fa Mu Lan in the autobiography had a lot of unrealistic details, such as how she could look in the drinking gourd to check on her family or ...
