Animals and their role in animated Walt Disney's films

Životinje su vrlo zanimljiva bića ljudima, posebice djeci. One ih privlače zbog svoje raznolikosti i različitosti, te pomoću njih stječu nova iskustva i znanja. Prema nekim aspektima djeca imaju sličnosti s životinjama, primjerice znatiželjni su, zaigrani i istražuju okolinu, te su neiskvareni. Prisutnost životinja u životu djeteta, pa kasnije i odraslog čovjeka bitna je, jer pomoću životinja čovjek se razvija, senzibilizira i uči brinuti o drugima. Ljubav prema životinjama može se razviti i pružanjem literature bogate životinjskim svijetom, filmova koji imaju zanimljive radnje i obrazovni karakter. Kako bi se došlo do saznanja koliko su realno prikazani likovi životinja u animiranim filmovima, kakvi su odnosi između životinja i u kojoj su mjeri antropomorfizirani likovi provedena je analiza pet animiranih filmova Walta Disneyja: Potraga za Nemom, Knjiga o džungli, Dumbo, Mač u kamenu i Kralj lavova.Animals are very interesting creatures to humans, especially children. They attract them because of their diversity and through them they gain new experiences and knowledge. Based on some points children have similarities with animals, for example they are curious, playful, they explore the environment and they are innocent. The presence of animals in children's life, and in life of adults is important, because with animals man develops, sensitizes, and learns to take of each other. Love towards animals can evolve by providing literature about animals and movies with interesting plot and educational character. In order to find out how animal characters are animated in animated films, what are the relationships between animals and how much are characters anthropomorphized, analysis has been conducted in five animated Walt Disney's films: Finding Nemo, The Jungle Book, Dumbo, The sword in The Stone and The Lion King