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wavesurf said:
I love Ariel because...she reminds me of myself. Ariel's quirks-- being impulsive, collecting items, wanting more, wanting a different life from the one she has--- all remind me of myself. My parents have been strict. With my strict upbringing, I wasn't allowed to make very many personal decisions. My parents usually told me what to wear, how to think, what to say, how to act, etc.,etc. Sometimes, even the things I did do...which were exclusively my own interests... caused my parents to blow up at me, just as King Triton does at Ariel...because they forbade me to do them. I can understand Ariel's drive, and her thirst for something else. I also want to leave my family someday, like Ariel did, and just do something else. Ariel wasn't afraid of the strangeness of exploration, and she loved adventure...and I crave that in my life. My life is restricted and rather boring. Now that I am going into a professional field, life is becoming even more restrictive, boring, and exhausting. Ariel reminds me of what I actually want. And it isn't what is going on now. But Ariel's indomitable spirit gives me hope that this awful period will pass over...and I will eventually get to a place where I won't feel so oppressed. Ariel finally left the oppression of her family behind, left the confining community in which she lived, and broadened her own world. I wish to do the same.
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