Abstract

I have made my family watch Disney's Beauty and the Beast at least a hundred times with me. ... What I admire in Belle is her strength in being a young woman. She is smart and she knows it. Most importantly, she knows how to use and deal with her intelligence, something I have yet to do. ... She stood up for her father when everyone called him crazy. She even offered her life in exchange for his.... I doubt that I would even have had the guts to search the forest for the castle, much less find my father and offer my life for his. Even if I had done all that, I probably would have sunk into a major depression or become a total crab. Perhaps, because of Belle, I can change my attitude, try to make it more like hers.