Avatar was created by director and producer James Cameron, born in 1954. Although there is some controversy about whether James Cameron steals ideas from other people, he is the one who Fine created and produced the film. Around eleventh grade, Cameron began creating the world of Avatar and writing the script for what he thought it should be. “Cameron says he has been piecing together elements of Avatar for almost his entire life” (Gardner). He wrote the movie Avatar and had his ideas from the late '60s to the late '80s, when his vision for the movie was finally where he wanted it to be. Although the filming process was stalled due to a lack of the necessary filming technology, the process of making the film took about ten years. The film was released almost 8 years ago in 2009. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay Avatar is about a paraplegic, Jake Sully, who is offered his brother's job (his brother died suddenly) to enter Pandora in an Avatar body to learn information about the Na'vi and convince them to leave Hometree. Several problems occur along the way, and Jake must stay true to himself and what he believes during his journey to Pandora and the Base. In the end he discovers that he did the right thing and benefited not only himself, but also the people of Omaticaya. At first, Jake Sully was skeptical about taking on the job of entering Pandora as the Avatar. When he first transformed into the Avatar, his thought process changed and he liked being in the Avatar's body more because he could actually walk and be like his old self. When he woke up in his human body, he didn't feel good about himself because he would have to go back to his reality, which was being in a wheelchair instead of being able to walk. As time passed and he really had to repress the fact that he would have to learn about the Na'vi and make them leave, his view of the Colonel and the Na'vi tribe changed. Jake began to learn the ways of the Na'vi people and slowly fell in love with them and their way of life. When the Colonel told him that he needed the information soon and that they had to leave, Jake realized that he didn't want the Na'vi to have to leave their homeland because it was theirs and not anyone else's, especially not the Colonel's. Jake realized that the colonel was wrong about everything and did not want to do what was asked of him. The Na'vi people were good people and did nothing wrong to deserve what would happen to them. When he began to fall in love with Neytiri, his views on people changed even more drastically. He started ignoring everything the Colonel said and doing his own thing. Ultimately, when the Colonel came to attack Hometree, Jake decided to let the Colonel see him helping the Na'vi because what he was doing was wrong. For the rest of the film Jake was aiding the Na'vi in ​​their attempt to take down the Colonel and his civilians because this was their homeland and not theirs to conquer. In the end Jake knew that what he had done was right and everything he had done for the Na'vi had repaid them and helped them. He eventually became one of them and felt destined to become one of the Omaticaya people. Jake is called to adventure when he is asked to replace his brother, who had died, on this mission to learn about and build relationships with the Omaticaya. Omaticaya, to negotiate with them to convince them to leave their land. He accepts and is immediately sent to the base where everything is taking place. When Jake Sully transforms for the first time and crosses the threshold into hisAvatar body, it is the moment in which the thrill of the story begins to take hold. Jake is paraplegic and therefore does not have the luxury of walking on two feet like any other human being. However, when he comes to life in the Blue Avatar he acquires different sensations in this new body that he hasn't felt for a long time. Jake can finally walk again. Now that Jake has transformed into this new being, he feels like he can do anything. He starts jumping and running because he hasn't been able to do that for so long. After traveling around Pandora for a few days, Jake encounters some problems. As the light darkens, Jake encounters several exotic-looking black animals. He must defend himself and so “Jake fights until he is blocked by a wolf-viper, at which point Neytiri saves him, having to kill several wolf-vipers to defend Jake” (Jake Sully). Once Jake and Neytiri meet and become familiar with each other, Neytiri helps him with everything Jake needs to know about the Na'vi people and how they live. She guides him along this journey to Pandora showing him their traditions, language and why their land is so sacred to them. Once Jake receives enough information from Neytiri, he reports the information he knows to the Colonel. However, after examining Jake's data logs, the Colonel finds that Jake has said that he doesn't think that negotiating with the people of Omaticaya will get them anywhere or make them change their minds about leaving the land. Therefore, the Colonel leads an attack on Hometree because Jake basically didn't do his job. Before the attack, Jake tries to explain to the people of Omaticaya that he was sent there for an important job by stating, “Okay. Look, I was sent here to…” (Avatar) but then gets cut off when the Colonel pulls the plug. After this happened, the people of Omaticaya knew that he was "A demon in a false body" (Avatar) and that he was not one of them. This did not change the fact that they still remained and many Na'vi were killed and their sacred Home Tree was destroyed. After all fighting ceased, the Colonel finally died under Neytiri's bow and arrows. The Omaticaya eventually forgave Jake because they saw that he was fighting with them and that he was truly one of them. Jake asked to become one of the Omaticaya because he loved Neytiri and he loved people. So, the Na'vi perform the ritual and in the final seconds of the film Jake opens his eyes and is reborn as a Na'vi. In the end he was one of them. There are many themes in the movie Avatar. One of the themes I found clearest was “always stay true and stand your ground.” When the Na'vi learned that their land would be attacked they did not leave for their lives. Instead they stayed and would fight because this was their sacred home and where they had lived all their lives. Even though the Na'vi knew they might die, they remained true to their beliefs and would stay there and die if necessary. Another theme I brought up was: "what others consider sacred, we don't care." When the Colonel attacked Hometree he didn't care that Jake told him the tree was sacred to them and he didn't care about their beliefs. This shows that we as human beings must respect and appreciate the beliefs and sacredness of other cultures, even if it is not what we believe or hold sacred. Another theme reiterated several times was that of courage. Jake Sully had to have the courage to return to his Avatar over and over again and risk being killed for the information he was supposed to gather from the Na'vi. He also had to have the courage to go against his peers for the greater good of the Omaticaya people and their home. Finally, a universal theme presented was that of man versus himself. Jake had a tough time on Avatar.