Student Chosen Topic #4 - Simon Robson

Christian Themes in Finding Nemo    

04/27/2021

 For this blog I wanted to write about another movie that I had seen and think about the religious meanings behind it. After looking for a while and considering the themes and ideas in many movies I stumbled upon Finding Nemo. This movie is a classic and although it is more of a kids movie it is one that I grew up watching and still enjoy whenever it is on. The more that I thought about this movie the more I realized the Christian ideas behind it. It embodies a lot of the Christian parable of the prodigal son. Although Nemo is the only son of his father as a result of a barracuda attack that took all of their eggs and Marlin’s wife, Nemo is still sometimes defiant and gets himself into trouble. One of the times that he is defiant and will not listen to his father, Nemo gets scooped up by some fisherman and taken away. Marlin then embarks on a long journey to find his son again. Marlin puts himself in a lot of grave danger to find Nemo even though Nemo was arrogant and would not listen to him. In the end Nemo is reunited with Marlin and Dory, however trouble still arises as Dory gets caught in a fish net. Marlin gives Nemo permission to swim into the net so that he can help Dory get out. Here we see that Marlin is embodying many Christian ideas such as forgiveness, trust, faith, and sacrifice. In the end they are all together again and Marlin is happy to be with his son just as the father was of the prodigal son and just as God is with his children.

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