Examples of Evidence and Reasoning
Good
After
the death of his Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen on Tatooine, young Skywalker is
devastated. “’I want to be a Jedi, like
my father,’ Luke proclaimed to Obiwan,” (45).
This demonstrates the most prominent theme
which is personal agency. In basically stating that he wants to follow in daddy’s
footsteps, Luke assumes control of his own life and destiny.
Better
In the chapter where Little Red Riding Hood enters
Grandmother’s woodland cottage, she spies the Big Bad Wolf in drag. “She gazed upon what she took to be her
grandmother only to be shocked at her strange appearance,” (25). In other words, Red
was looking at her grammy (who was the Big Bad Wolf in cognito) and judged her
by her external features as to being rather odd. This demonstrates the theme of judging by
appearances. Were this not the
case, Red Riding Hood wouldn’t have ever stated the famous lines
about what big teeth he had. The most
memorable part of the story would have been lost! Therefore, Red’s act
of recognizing something was not quite right with grandma proves
the theme is about judging one’s looks because it sets up
the most famous quote from the famous fairy tale.
Best
During the tumultuous climactic scene where Anna chases
after Elsa through the snow storm in the harbor, she must decide: “Anna reacted, seeing in front of her Hans menacingly
unsheathing a sword behind Elsa, who was kneeling on the ice unaware. Behind her, she made out Olaf sprinting towards
her riding Sven, ready for her true love’s kiss. Without hesitation, she made her choice and
rushed to defend her sister with her own life,” (145). What this simply means is that
Anna thinks that the only way to be cured of the frozen heart is to lip lock
with Olaf. And yet, because she loves
her sister she would rather die protecting someone she loves than live without
her last remaining family. This not only
plays against the Disney cliché of the girl being saved by the prince with a kiss,
but also speaks to female empowerment and sisterly solidarity. To put it another way,
in saving her sister she saves herself without being dependent upon mister “tall
dark and handsome” to rescue her. This
resonates with the audience because of the theme of sisterhood. Because Anna chose to
save Elsa over herself the theme is clear.
