Saturday 17 December 2011

Key Characters Of The Avatar Collection

By Owen Mansell


It is almost impossible to come across a kid who is not a fan of Avatar The Last Airbender series. This animated TV series has caught the imagination of every kid and they absolutely love the series and the characters in it. The series is about a fictional world where human beings, animals and the supernatural spirits live together. The human beings live in 3 pre-industrialized lands; Earth Kingdom, Water Tribes and Air Nomads. These people use their martial arts, native elements and elemental mysticism to fight. The art of fighting is known as Earthbending, Waterbenibg and Airbending respectively. And this is where the series gets its name from.

An article about Avatar The Final Airbender sequence is on no account complete with out a mention of the key characters in it. The first protagonist of this animated sequence is Aang. Aang is the latest incarnation of Avatar and he is the sprit of the planet and has taken a human form. The series portrays Aang has a hero, albeit reluctant. Two different characters, Katara and Sokka rescue Aang from over hundred years of suspended animation and they train Aang in regards to the components of earth, fireplace and water. When Hearth Nation wages a warfare to realize supremacy over remainder of the nations, Aang helps the oppressed.

Another very important character in the Avatar The Last Airbender series is Katara. When Katara's tribe, the Southern Water Tribe was either killed or captured by Southern Raiders, it was only Katara who managed to survive. Katara mastered the art of waterbending at the tender age of fourteen and after rescuing Aang she taught him the art. Though the series portrays Katara as the den mother of all other key characters, she is also shown resisting gender discrimination and stereotypes. Katara, is able to heal wounds and she can transform water to ice and then use it to cut solid objects.

Sokka can also be one of the crucial characters of Avatar The Final Airbender. He's Katara's elder brother and is fifteen years old. He along with Katara rescues Aang from suspended animation. Though Sokka doesn't have any particular bending powers, he uses his martial expertise, intellect and courage to overcome obstacles. Although Sokka lives in a magical and mystical world, he strongly believes in science. Sokka is portrayed as a jack-of-all-trades and he makes use of his data of science to know the superior technologies that the Fire Nation uses. Sokka is extremely resourceful and provides the comedian quotient to the motion pushed animated series.

Another very important character within the sequence is Toph. She is portrayed in the animated collection as an Earthbending grandmaster and belongs to the reputed household of Bei Fong of Earth Kingdom. Toph is blind however she has an incredible potential to 'really feel' the earth's vibration. Due to this fact she will vividly understand the presence of bushes, the presence of buildings and in addition the ants' marching some meters away. Her heightened sense permits her to understand the position of an individual, his physical build and his distance from her. Other Avatar The Last Airbender characters are Zuko, Appa, Momo and Ozai.




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