The Psychology of Giant Princess Eyes
Khazan presented an article of the psychology behind animation movies of giant princess eyes. It is undebatable of how all the female protagonists in Disney movies tend to look like a "pretty girl" cliche. Not only Disney, but animation movies in general so far have displayed female characters with enlarged eyes, small chin, short noses that makes them look more like babies. However, animations weren't like this at first. In the 1900's where animations had just been released into the world, the star of Disney's 1920's cartoons was a spunky, live-action 5-year-old girl name Alice.As time changed, the characters also changed gradually. So what affect do these characteristics have on the characters? Khazan concluded that according to a study of 21 animated Disney movies published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology in 2010 found that "Attractive characters displayed higher intelligence, lower aggressiveness, and greater moral virtue. Moreover, physically attractive characters were more likely to achieve positive life outcomes at the filme's end."
Khazan has done a great job on catching the readers' attention. He used three examples in his introduction, all making the readers draw the images inside their heads. He starts with Ariel, the famous Disney princess, and then a real-life person contrary to the first example. There's also a photo-shopped picture on his article that defnitely draws the readers' attentions. Khazan's thesis was clearly identifiable, and was straight to the point. Readers could tell his research was done thoroughly, because not only did he explain the psychology behind the appearence of female animated characters but also the history of how it developed until the result it came out today. He used credible, well-known resources to back up his statements. Overall his article kept my interest throughout the whole time, and his words were very straightforward which made things easier to understand.
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