The PROPAGANDA of FIREBENDING (Firebending Masters)

Описание: throughout the series, we are feed a certain way of thinking when it comes to Firebending or if you would Propaganda. its not until the Firebending Masters that we really understand this.

and I think its kind of important to understand how much our western view of fire influences our perception of the series at the begging. where very much willing to accept that the fire nations were the ones to try to take over the world compared to that of the earth kingdom or the water nation. we already view fire as this incredible destructive element one that should be feared and respected. the other elements we do have to fear them but only on a bad day. and it also makes a lot of sense for the fire nation to have a strong military power because of the ease for them to smite metals to build different wartime vehicle. but they can also use the harshness of firebending as a justification to take over the world in order to make it stronger and more resistant to thoughts. but also by making their own citizen view firebending this way they're more likely to join the military as opposed to resisting it. which is why in the episode zuko is unable to firebend because as he said his purpose was to hunt down the avatar and now he no longer has it.

One thing that I find very interesting in this episode is how zuko and aang try to persuade the members of the sun society to allow them to live. Aang despite raised to be humble try to use his standing as the avatar as a get-out-of-jail free card where zuko although it looks like he is doing very much the same thing. This very much do you know how I am. But he instantly changes it to my ancestors have done your legacy wrong I want to learn from you what the true meaning of fire is so I can bring this to the masses. Unlike aang he’s not trying to use his status as a way to escape he express his motivation but he also understands how the members of the sun warriors must feel about the use of firebending and he laser focus on this, this need of theirs and says what they want to here He is not bing the moral compass at this moment instead of aang. But acting as a politician would to the chief And its because of this that the chief of the sun warrior agrees to teach Aang and Zuko about the true meaning of Fire.