compensating for the lost object in selected animations: a comparative study

Films and animations may contain cultural and psychoanalytic references intentionally or unintentionally and reflect a certain worldview. they are suitable media to express social and psychological views that can influence both adults and children. since there are fewer ideological world views in the mind of a child than in that of an adult, it is critical to investigate animations in a variety of ways to understand how they shape young minds. the paper offers a comprehensive and integrated psychosocial reading of four popular hollywood animations: moana, luca, coco, and encanto. the way the mentioned animations conceal ideologies and psychoanalytic viewpoints will be discussed comparatively in this study. psychologically, we utilize lacan s theories concerning the symbolic outside world as a theoretical framework. in addition, alan palmer s approaches will be employed to provide social readings of these animations. all these four animations illustrate how society, desires, and different perspectives show that human beings are socially constructed. throughout these animations, the protagonist who is the youngest member of their family demonstrates an individual s ability to stand in opposition to the established beliefs of their society and it represents how one will change the rules of a predefined symbolic system of signs and codes to define their new social and cultural rules and traditions. consequently, these animations provide ground for the younger generations to think beyond their established ways of thinking by questioning the traditional ones.