The Lion King Movie

This movie depicted the natural state of ...well...nature.  Fierce competition exists between the lion pride and a pack of hyenas; everyday the two groups battle each other while fighting for survival against other elements.  But I have to wonder what this movie teaches us?  First, I have to think about what this means to the lions and hyenas.  It seems as if they are caught in this cycle of fighting, killing and fending for their lives.  Darwin's theories most definitely apply here.  Only the fittest survive and the most fit reproduce.  Even their cubs have to struggle for survival.

Second, I have to consider what this means for the human species.  It seems as if somehow (even though I'm not quite sure how) humans are different than "animals".  But some general theories on survival still apply.  We don't kill our sisters or suffer from painful snake bites or hide in tree when we are threatened by an attack.  But we do verbally fight with siblings, suffer from AIDS/arthritis/colds and hide in our rooms when fear a parental attack.  So it seems as if some part of Darwin's theory does apply to humans in some way.

I can say (in the simplest way possible) that we can infer from this movie that the animal world might seem foreign and extreme, but it's not as different as we think.  As much as we hate to think it, there might be some "animal" in us after all.