Matthew Ricks

February 28^th, 2016

Conflict Management in Disney Movies: Cars

In my favorite Disney Pixar movie “Cars,” Lightning McQueen, a show-boating rookie race car is on his way to California for a tie-breaker race after a 3-way tie in the piston cup when the unthinkable happens! On the road to California, McQueen winds up rolling out of his hauler on the highway and in a frenzy, he speed and drives recklessly as he tears up the stretch of Route 66 that runs through the tiny little town in Carburetor County, Radiator Springs. McQueen winds up getting busted and impounded by the old sheriff in town where he is sentenced to repaving the road in return for his freedom. Lightning McQueen finds conflict with Doc Hudson, a retired race car, because of his arrogant ways and the way that he looks down on the small town cars due to the fact that he is a famous race car.  The conflict grows stronger as Lightning McQueen rushes to repave the road and leaves it in worse condition than when he started. The two resolve conflict as Lightning McQueen learns the value of hard work after finding out the two have common ground in racing when McQueen discovers that Doc, is actually The Fabulous Hudson Hornet, winner of five Piston Cups.

"Float like a Cadillac; Sting like a Beamer"

-Lightning McQueen