The Disney character that I find most like myself is Ariel from The Little Mermaid. The most outward and obvious comparison between her and myself is our love (or obsession) for the ocean. Although I've never witnessed the ocean depths as she has, I have spent much of my life on or next to the ocean. Growing up less than a mile from the beach, it was never a good day if I didn't get at least once glimpse of the water. The ocean is what calms me down when I have had a bad day, or makes a good day even be
tter. In the same sense, when Ariel leaves the ocean for a brief amount of time to woo Prince Eric, she starts to miss the sea a great deal and instantly feels that something is not right with her. Aside from our mutual love of the ocean, there are other comparisons between myself and Ariel as well. Ariel has a very eclectic group of friends, specifically Flounder and Sebastian, with personalities much different than her own. In the same sense, my best friends are nothing like me. We have completely different interests, different family backgrounds, and yet still get along great.
The last similarity is that she always enjoys a good adventure. She continuously wanders off to parts of the ocean that have been forbidden to her by her father. When I was younger I always enjoyed wandering into the woods behind my house and where we vacationed in Maine, to find anything that could be new or exciting. I would always try to venture as far as I could, much farther than my parents had allowed me. I always enjoy a good adventure out on the water whether its in a motor boat, a sail boat, or just swimming.
