The Many Key Lessons Children Can Learn from Pinocchio’s Lesson
Bravery, Loyalty, Honesty
In Walt Disney’s Pinocchio, a puppet maker named Gapetto creates a marionette to be his son. The blue fairy comes along to bring him to life. Pinocchio must first prove that he is a brave, trustworthy, and unselfish person to become the real boy he longs to be. A whale has taken Gapetto and single handed, Pinocchio travels through the depths of the ocean in order to save his father. A true sign of bravery. Walt Disney movies such as Pinocchio have been proven that children can be taught social values such as honesty, loyalty, and trustworthy through watching them.
As many may know honesty plays a big role in Pinocchio. All Pinocchio wants is to be a real boy. When the blue fairy came along to grant Gapetto’s wish she says that he must learn true values of a real boy to become one. Before the blue fairy left she said, “a lie will keep growing till its as plain as the nose on your face.” Pinocchio does not yet understand this and begins to lie. When the blue fairy returned and asked if he had been a good boy he simply replied that he had; knowing that he hadn’t , and all of a sudden his nose began to grow. He then realized when he would lie his nose would grow and he would be exposed. This translates to everyday children. When a kid lies they are exposed sooner or later and punished for the lie. An example of a Pinocchio lie is when he says he punched a schoolboy and kicked him to the floor., when really nothing of the sort happened, then his nose began growing and growing the more lies that he told. Boys and girls everyday are caught lying. Lying leads to children getting caught up in a trend of lying all the time without consequences. In Pinocchio they teach a great example on lying and the consequences. His nose grew and if he continued to lye he would not be transformed into the real boy he was hoping for. Lying is an important role that kids should learn to control. Without the right guidance kids could end up in bad situations and end with even worse outcomes. Children’s movies such as Pinocchio teach great moral standards.
Bravery is another factor in Pinocchios journey to becoming a real boy. Boys are supposed to be the brave people in society, showing that Pinocchio can be led more to a boy audience. Pinocchio starts the journey being a weak and brave-less character. Showing that the right guidance from his conscience, Jimminy Cricket, he will be able to gain bravery. Near the end of the story Gapetto is eaten by a large whale they call Monstro out in the sea while fishing. Pinocchio finds out his father is missing and goes on a journey to find him. He sets out on a long and dangerous exploration regardless of the horrifying whale he will have to go inside to save him. Kids can learn from this. This displays a great amount of bravery and shows kids the importance in it. Without bravery you will be weak and vulnerable in society, taking Pinocchio’s example of bravery can teach kids that being brave is an easy and rewarding task. When Pinocchio showed his bravery and saved his father from the stomach of Monstro, he was transformed into a real boy. His honest and brave actions lead to the outcome he so desperately desired. Pinocchio is also brave when he wonders out in the streets by his self and does not show fear. Bravery is needed for kids to grow and not be scared to take risks. Pinocchio shows this moral and allows kids to understand.
On a daily basis kids hear that they should not talk to strangers and some may not understand why. Pinocchio is a great example on why you should not speak to strangers. When wandering off to school he stumbles across honest john and Gideon. They seem nice and offer him a job at a puppet show led by the famous Stromboli. Pinocchio turns out to be stromboli’s biggest attraction, but when Pinocchio tries to leave, Stromboli locks him in a birdcage so he will not escape. This was the plan from the beginning. Well Pinocchio escapes and he does not learn his lesson. He stumbles across them again and is convinced to travel to pleasure island. When he accepts the offer he travels to Pleasure Island and it ends out with him nearly turning into a donkey. If Pinocchio would not have spoken to these people he did not know his worries and troubles could have been avoided. This is a lesson that could save kids from being abducted or hurt by strangers in the community. This movie can assist parents in teaching their kids the importance of not talking to strangers.
As you can see Pinocchio is a great movie that kids can enjoy and also learn very important social lessons that can help better them in life. Pinocchio does a great job in discussing standards in life such as honesty, loyalty, and to also be trustworthy. This morals are very important to me and they should be to everyone else. This is how Pinocchio can teach kids societies values.
