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Self-Empowerment In The Karate Kid
Progressing through “The Karate Kid”, self-empowerment is shown to be a key aspect of development. This is proven in the scene where Dre Parker has been seriously injured and is lying on the surgical bed. By empowering himself, he displays mature characteristics instead of being discouraged. ‘I can get beat up easily then quit? That’s not Kung Fu!’, Mr Han (Dre’s instructor) goes against Dre and tries to convince him that he should no longer compete and instead be proud of how much he has achieved. However, due to being beaten up and injured before, Dre is convinced that he should continue fighting to prove his strength that he has obtained to those who beat him up. By admitting his current physical weakness; his injury and dismissing that
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