Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Dragon Up!

                                                                
When it comes to dragons and magical creatures Luong Lao Shi (Grandpa) is the man to ask for help. In the Disney Channel animated series American Dragon: Jake Long, Grandpa is known to be a "Dragon Master." Throughout the series he is the one to train Jake Long his grandson to become a great American Dragon. Stereo-typically, masters tend to be calm yet when a task is done wrong they would explode with anger Grandpa is the same. When training, the task has to be done correctly if not there will be consequences like cleaning the house.

Grandpa believes in strict teaching and staying on task is the most important. The concept of the series is very creative where not only does it show family importance but also learning experiences where it is always best to follow a mentor's advice than being stubborn and going your own way.

The way Grandpa is drawn and presented shows the stereotypical Wise Old Man with the gray hair,gray bushy brows, gray beard, and the mustache. One thing thing that is also easy to notice would have to be his speech the accent and the tone his voice makes when he is angry or when he is mentoring his grandson. Like other stereotypical wise old men, he would occasionally burst with anger and would ramble in either Cantonese or Mandarin.

The concept of the series is very interesting because it does not only show family importance and values but also it contains action and adventure where Grandpa turns into a dragon to assist Jake when he needs help saving magical creatures.The design of his character shows that even if he is short he is still most powerful. Aside from being the stereotypical "master" he is also characterized to be a bad driver.

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