![]() ![]() There is great beauty in the scenes of Dory retuning to The Jewel of Morro Bay. When they finally reconnect with Dory in the pipes Marlin is able to make his own confession, telling her what he truly believes and assuring her she will be loved when she finds her parents. ![]() Through all their literal ups and downs Marlin is relearning old lessons, namely: Nemo’s faith is greater than his own fear and Dory’s joy and spontaneity is something he needs. Nemo and Marlin have been on their own adventure trying to follow Dory into the Marine Life Institute. “It was my fault,” she mournfully confesses. She lost her parents by going too close to the undertow and being sucked into the pipes. Jenny and Charlie are not there but a purple shell remains triggering the most fateful memory of all. Memories return guiding her like a well lit path until she finally reaches her home only to find it empty. Like all Hero Journeys, she has entered the special world and is given friends - new (Hank, Bailey) and old (Destiny) to help her navigate and find her parents. Dory is captured and taken to the Quarantine section of the Marine Life Institute. As in Finding Nemo, two parallel stories are being told. Jolted, they realize they must come from and belong to Someone and a deep longing fills their heart.ĭory, Nemo, and Marlin arrive in Morro Bay and are almost immediately separated. They become truly lost in themselves until perhaps one day they hear a song of migration, of going home. As human beings grow up they lose their memory of God their Creator and Father. These scenes are so powerful because they are telling a profound truth. ![]() It would be impossible for three small fish to cross the vast ocean, but Marlin knows “a guy” who can help. She cannot do it alone, and so she implores Marlin to help her. This memory as fleeting as it is creates a deep longing in Dory she simply must try to find her home. ![]() A memory has returned, she did have parents, she did belong to someone. She comes to mumbling something about the Jewel of Morro Bay California. Then as the vast school of migrating stingrays swim by singing their song of going home and knowing who they are, Dory is sucked into the school and then knocked out. Ray warns the young ones to be careful of the undertow. Ray and the students to observe the stingray migration at the drop off. An eventful day comes when she accompanies Mr. Dory is living on the coral reef with Marlin and Nemo and being. She is truly lost.ĭory’s own story begins one year after Nemo’s concludes. By the time she bumps into Marlin, the scene which precipitates her role in Finding Nemo, she has no idea who she is, where she comes from or to whom she belongs. In a rapid succession of scenes, Dory grows up and as she does the memory of parents and home fade. The opening scenes function like a prologue, the real adventure begins after the film title Finding Dory. Dory’s “lostness” in dark murky waters is the human condition in exile from God created by The Fall. This Imago Dei is inscribed on their heart and makes them unforgettable to their Heavenly Father. What pierces the heart is Dory’s becoming lost in a dark murky world separated from home and parents, isolated and alone.Įvery human being was created in the image of God. The French philosopher Simone Weil wrote, “There are two things which pierce the heart: beauty and affliction.” The affliction in Finding Dory is not her short-term memory loss this is just how she is uniquely made. This love is unbreakable and unforgettable because it is inscribed on the heart. Holding her in the tight bond of parental love they make her a promise “We will never forget you, or you, us”. Dory suffers from short-term memory loss and is worried she will forget her parents. In this Edenic setting there are three Blue Tangs: little Dory and her parents, Jenny, and Charlie. The film opens in the past in a world of pristine beauty. Yes, there is definitely a message for those who have special needs but if you look a little deeper there is a message every human being needs to know and remember. Rarely does a sequel live up to its predecessor, but Finding Dory is every bit as funny, heart-warming, and profound as Finding Nemo. Thirteen years after the release of their smash hit Finding Nemo, Disney/Pixar Animation Studios has returned to the Big Blue. ![]()
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