"Ariel, listen to me. The human world is a mess. Life under the sea is better than anything they got up there."
Sebastian
The Little Mermaid
1989
A story about a mermaid in love with a human. A story about the innocence of a girl wanting so bad to be a woman. The Little Mermaid is a classic, yet, whimsical tale of perception, need, want and desire. A mermaid wanting so bad to be a human, and collects human stuff to fulfill her dreams of walking the sand above the water, and marrying a man with whom she has never met.
Can someone be so aware of their circumstances that they long for the uncertain in some circumstances?
I think about young girls today, about how they are polished into being a woman at such a young age. I think about how girls play dress up and take care of babies and dream about finding their prince and being swept up off their feet. Ariel wanted so bad to grow up and experience life above the sea that sometimes ones dreams take a little alter reality to pursue.
With characters like Sebastian (her noble crab) and flounder (her esteemed dreamer), Ariel is able to walk the sand and see what human life is all about.
The lesson in The Little Mermaid was taught early on that sometimes obtaining and getting what you want has a price, it has some form of consequence when you sign away your soul to a superior. In this case it was Ursula the sea witch.
I think about how we sometimes become misconstrued when we are up against those ultimatums. We want something so bad that the want outweighs the preconceived consequence.
Is it true that if you walk around knowing you won't get caught, you end up getting caught? Or is it that you walk around knowing it may happen to you, and it just doesn't?
People take risks everyday, people take bargains everyday. When we choose to barter and trade, are we just as naive as Ariel? Or are we just a dreamer, hoping it will all work out? The hardest part about being an impressionable girl is that you just want to make an impression. You want to be someone you always dreamed of. When we find that dreams come true, are we misguided in knowing that sometimes someone only needs to believe in you, and that will find its way closer to a happy ending.
"Up where they walk ... Up where they run ...Up where they stay all day in the sun ... Wanderin' free ... Wish I could be ... Part of that world... " Ariel
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