We are all on a quest for something. In my Pokemon post I talked about Ash and his quest for eternal glory as a Pokemon master. In my Lion King post I talked about Simba's quest to return home and become the rightful ruler of his pride. I'm here to tell you about another epic quest that I remember watching in my youth. It is the tale of a mystical fairytale creature. The tale of a beast so magnificent that there were 4 (not one, not two, not three, but FOUR) movies made about him. The tale of Shrek. Now, let me embark on this quest to lend you some insight on one of the bestest questiest quests ever.
If you didn't know, Shrek is the story of Shrek himself, Shrek the ogre. At the beginning of the movie Shrek is a rather grumpy character. He doesn't have ANY friends, and everybody hates him. However, one fateful day, he meets Donkey. Donkey is my favorite. I feel as though I can relate to him. I'm goofy, he's goofy. I'm funny (if I do say so myself), he's funny. I'm annoying (sometimes), he's annoying (sometimes). I love waffles, he love waffles. The are so many similarities between us...however, I digress. After meeting donkey, some stuff happens (which I wont tell you, so you just have to watch the movie to know what happens). The result of said "stuff" sends Donkey and Shrek on and journey to find Princess Fiona, who is to marry Lord Farquad. The some more "stuff" happens (I am referring to this "stuff" as "stuff" in order to get you to watch the movie and find out what happens. I don't want to spoil the whole thing for you if you haven't seen it). After Shrek saves the Fiona, he heads back to Farquad's kingdom. During this quest back he begins to develop feelings for Fiona. Now from there there are some plot twists, some crazy stuff happens, and I won't reveal the ending for all those weirdo's who haven't seen Shrek.
From this fairy tale I gathered more than just an interesting tale. I feel as though the movie was trying to instill a deeper moral in its viewers. You see, Shrek is different. In the beginning people treated him badly because he was different. However, Shrek proceeded to come out of his shell and show everybody how cool of a person he was. Now, I probably couldn't articulate that as well when I was a child, or I didn't realize that that was the message I was getting, but I know now that Shrek helped me realize that it's not a bad thing to be different. There's nothing wrong with that. Shrek showed me that everybody is an All-Star (and that was his theme song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_jWHffIx5E). Shrek showed me that everybody can still make beneficial contributions to society if they're given the chance. Just because we're different doesn't mean there's something wrong with us. Due to Shrek's wonderful morals and fantastic plot line, it is still one of my favorite movies to this day.
Now that you've finished reading this post, you can continue one your quest, whatever that may be, but always remember Shrek's quest for love, happiness, and equality.
