THE REAL STORY

BEHIND THE MOVIE

DIRECTED BY
JAMES CAMERON
2009

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On a lush planet called
Pandora live the Na'vi

2154 Hallelujah Mountains

Pandora is the fifth moon of the giant gas

planet Polyphemus, which orbits its star
Alpha Centauri A in the Alpha Centauri
System, the closest star system to our own
Sun.

The Na'vi (English: The

People) are a race of
Omaticaya Clan
sentient extraterrestrial
humanoids who inhabit
the lush jungle moon of
Pandora. Humans are
known to refer to ...
Height: 2.5-3.9 meters
(average 3 meters)
Eye Colour: Yellow
Home Planet: Pandora
Skin: Blue w/ darker
stripes, white
luminescent ...

Who is
JAKE SULLY?
A combat-wounded veteran marine who
has become a paraplegic, is selected to
participate in the Avatar program
occupying the position that, as a
scientist, his twin brother recently
deceased and burnt before his eyes.
 "bridge" to Na'vi beliefs,
more specifically Eywa.

Neytiri´s parents

He was killed during the Destruction

of The Hometree by falling wood,
which impaled him through the
chest. His great-grandfather was the
fifth Toruk Makto,

Eytukan
(Clan Leader)

Neytiri
(warrior, teacher,falls in
love wth Jake)

Hometree Over 20,000 years old, the spiritual and physical

home of the Tipani clan of the Na'vi. It is where they sleep and
eat, learn and labor. Over 150 meters tall and its diameter.

THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE MOVIE

(THEMES AND CRITICS)

1.Love
Love is a theme that manifests in the relationship between Jake and Neytiri. The two of them seem to be
enemies from the start, but even in their aversion to one another, we can see that there is a spark of
chemistry.

She accepts him because of her feelings no matter if was raised by her tribe.
As a mater of fact,he is decided to change his life and become part of the tribe no matter what he had to do.

2. RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pray together
Who's Eywa?
"Who's Eywa? Only their deity! Their goddess, The tree of voices
made up of all living things. Everything they
know! You'd know this if you had any training
whatsoever."
- Norm explaining Eywa to Jake.
”
Eywa is the guiding force and deity of
Pandora and the Na'vi. Eywa acts to keep the
ecosystem of Pandora in perfect equilibrium.
;

atokirina Jake is seem as a great

spiritual being.
are seeds of the Tree of Souls She understands Eywa's
that live on Pandora. They are spiritual message.
very pure and sacred spirits.

3. NATURE ABUSE
Exploitation and Extraction

1. Earth's RDA (Resources Development

Administration) coming to Pandora in order to
mine it for the richness of its resources.
2. Earth's RDA (Resources Development
Administration) coming to Pandora in order to mine
it for the richness of its resources.

3.violence, not only against the Na'vi people, who live on Pandora, but of
the planet's environment itself, a complex and diverse biome of various
interconnected flora and fauna.
 4. INDIGENITY
The Na'vi are the group that is native to Pandora, and as such, they are trying to protect their home from invaders

A major conflict in the film is the one between the brutish military and the indigenous Na'vi population, who
are protective of their home and want to keep it for themselves.

5. SCIENCE VS ARMY
Avatar is not just a film about the conflict between the Na'vi and the humans who are trying to colonize their home, but
also about the conflict between science and the military

SCIENTISTS ARMY

6. DESTINY
Another theme in the film is the notion of destiny.

Neytiri interprets it as a
Neytiri first rescues sign and changes her mind
Jake from the creature

He is able to become a warrior,

then the legendary Toruk Makto.
All the clans follow him as a leader.

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