Book Review -The Lion King

Book Title          : The Lion King 
Writer                : Gina Ingoglia
Page Chapter     : 11 Chapter
Total Pages        : 64 Pages

*INTRODUCTION*

The Lion King is a 1994 American animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. Released to theaters on June 15, 1994 by Walt Disney Pictures, it is the 32nd film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics. The story, which was influenced by the Bible stories of Joseph and Moses and the William Shakespeare play Hamlet, takes place in a kingdom of anthropomorphic animals in Africa. The Lion King is the sixth highest grossing animated film and continues to be the highest grossing hand drawn animation film in history and belongs to an era known as the Disney Renaissance.

The development story if The Lion King originally titled “ King Of The Jungle” took place in Glendale, California. The animators work together to make character for all by Thirteen teams. They joined to study real life animals for reference had taken trip to hell’s Gate National park In Kenya, In order to study and gain appreciation of the environmental for the film. The Pride lands actually modeled on the National park.

The Lion King Book is a novel including the atmosphere of animal and the real condition of the island in National park and in the Novel named Pride Lands. Well, by reading this book commonly we also study about real condition in environmental and the wild Animals in Africa with every characters appeared in best dialogue by Gina Ingoglia. All the emotional situation and drama of Disney’s animated film The lion king displayed in this novelization, complete with eight pages of full color stils from the movie.

*INTREPETATIVE RECOUNT*

The film opens with a gathering of countless animals around Pride Rock in Africa, where Rafiki the mandrill presents the newborn lion cub, Simba, of King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi. The story progresses and Simba begins to grow and learn about life on the Pridelands. The scene shifts to the summit of Pride Rock where the Lion King Mufasa leads Simba to a majestic view of the Pridelands. Mufasa tells his son that someday all of this land will be his to rule, and that it will be his responsibility to maintain the delicate balance of the Circle of Life. In his lecture the Lion King go tell to the Simba to never go beyond the frontier of the Pridelands as evil hyenas and uncertainty lies beyond.  While Mufasa educates and guides his son toward adulthood, Scar, the evil brother of the Lion King, becomes more and more thirsty for the throne at the one special time. Aligned with several hyenas, Scar was announcement a plan to topple Lion King Mufasa and the young heir to the throne. Scar and the hyena's set their plan into motion at Pride Rock. From there a stampede ensues and in the turmoil, Mufasa is trampled and Simba narrowly escapes. Scar convinces Simba that his father's death was his fault and banishes him from the kingdom. All the while the plan was to also have Simba assassinated, so Scar employees his hyenas to finish the job. Fortunately for Simba and the fate of the Pridelands, the hyenas don't get the job done in a doldrum of laziness.

Back in the Prideland the residents of the kingdom mourn Mufasa's death and are led to believe that Simba also suffered the same fate. This leaves Scar and his hyena cohorts to ascend to the throne unopposed in the ensuing time.  Meanwhile Simba suffers with the guilt of believing that he caused his father's death.The only resident of the Pride Lands who is not happy in the least about it is Mufasa's younger brother, Scar, who wants the throne for himself. Simba grows quickly and is taught everything about the Pride Lands, including the neighboring Outlands, ruled by the ruthless hyenas and off limits for residents of the Pride Lands. When Scar accidentally lets out that the Outlands consist of an elephant graveyard, Simba and his best friend, Nala, outsmart Mufasa's majordomo, Zazu, and venture out into the Outlands where they come upon three hyenas, Shenzi, Banzai and Ed, who try to kill them in the ensuing chase. Mufasa arrives to rescue the cubs in time after being alerted by Zazu, and teaches Simba an emotional lesson in bravery and valor.

Meanwhile, Scar plots with the hyenas a plan to kill both Mufasa and Simba and to take over the Pride Lands. On Scar's orders, the hyenas ignite a stampede of wildebeest in a gorge where Simba is, because Scar told him to stay there. Scar then rushes to inform Mufasa who manages to save Simba but is betrayed and thrown off a cliff by Scar. Simba finds his father's lifeless corpse in the middle of the gorge. Scar arrives and tricks Simba into thinking that it was him who was responsible for Mufasa's death. Due to the shame of such an act he encourages Simba to leave the Pride Lands and never return. Simba immediately turns and runs away while almost immediately Scar orders the hyenas to follow and kill Simba. A chase follows but Simba manages to escape. In Simba's absence, and being led to think that the Hyenas succeeded in killing Simba, Scar uses the opportunity to state that both Mufasa and Simba were killed in the stampede and declares himself as king. He takes over the Pride Lands and also allows the hyenas entry into the pride.

Simba, after fleeing is found collapsing in the wasteland by Timon, a meerkat, and Pumbaa, a warthog, who nurse him back to health and take him in, teaching him the ways of their motto, "Hakuna Matata". Years later, once Simba is an adult, he encounters Nala, who was trying to maul Timon and Pumbaa. Nala expresses her delight at discovering Simba alive, and informs him of how Scar's irresponsibility as King of the Pride Lands is going to drive everyone into starvation and eventual death. Still wrecked with guilt over supposedly causing his father's death Simba refuses to return and overthrow Scar but Rafiki has tracked Simba down and leads him to the ghost of Mufasa who reminds Simba who he is and how he must take his rightful place as King of the Pride Lands.                                                         
 Simba returns with Nala, Timon and Pumbaa. While Timon and Pumbaa distract the hyenas Simba confronts Scar on Pride Rock after Scar strikes Sarabi across the face. Scar turns the tables by revealing that Simba caused Mufasa's demise and forces Simba towards the edge of Pride Rock, where he holds on for dear life. Just before Scar can throw the traitor off, he quietly reveals that he who killed Mufasa. In his rage Simba leaps back up and pins Scar forcing him to reveal his actions to the pride. A violent fight ensues between the hyenas and lionesses while Simba confronts Scar alone at the top of Pride Rock. Scar begs Simba for mercy accusing the hyenas of planning the whole thing. Simba prepares to show Scar mercy and exile him but Scar refuses to give up and the ensuing fight ends when Scar falls off Pride Rock. He survives the fall, but is immediately swarmed and consumed to death by the hyenas who overheard his treacherous actions. With Scar now gone and the hyenas banished Pride Rock is restored to its previous majesty under Simba's rule. The story in book closes with Rafiki presenting the animals with Simba and Nala's newborn cub. That’s all about The Lion King story.

*EVALUATION*

Well, the Original Idea about the Novel is different story because there are several film rather than being based on an already-existing story. The filmmakers have said that the story of The Lion King was inspired by the Joseph and Moses stories from the Bible and William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Certain elements of the film, bear a resemblance to a famous 1960s Japanese anime television show, Kimba the White Lion.  One similarity is the protagonists names Kimba and Simba, although the word "simba" means "lion" in Swahili. Many characters in Kimba have an analogue in The Lion King and various individual scenes are nearly identical in composition and camera angle. Matthew Broderick, the voice of Simba, believed initially that he was in fact working on a remake of Kimba, since he was familiar with the Japanese original. Disney's official stance is that the similarities are all coincidental. Yoshihiro Shimizu, of Tezuka Productions, which created Kimba the White Lion, has refuted rumours that the studio was paid hush money by Disney but explains that they rejected urges from within the industry to sue because, 'we're a small, weak company. It wouldn't be worth it anyway, It has also been noted that the plot bears some resemblance to the West African Epic of Sundiata.

*EVALUATION SUMATTION*

If there are wild jungles in around you more extremely dark and death, Imagine that that you go to the pride lands. The place with strongly character will give it to you more emotional feeling to challenge for everything that may come in front of you and make you heart be the beat all the time, sometimes smile, aware , and can reduce your stress with natural condition at the story, the beautiful places will served in your eyes. So don’t miss it.

*RECOMMENDATION*

I think the novel become poor from the original story because so many argue about the quality, so please make a license about the idea and please give more animated character in protagonist story to give a balance in a movie furthermore. And for  the character of little Simba must be explain with clearly at beginning of story, so reader’s will know about the Simba feeling when it will goes to the next chapters, so why the character must be telling first? because I think He is the Main Actor for this Novel

*Thank You*