I believe we can all learn Persistence, Perseverance, the Power of Family and Friends, and Purpose from Dory. Dory was persistent. She had a goal and was passionate about it. She was undeterred even when she faced many setbacks.
Finding Dory centralizes on the idea that despite one's differences or challenges, you can achieve anything as long as you don't give up and just keep on swimming.
Tasha Robinson from The Verge seems to pinpoint the overarching theme of the film in her Dory review when she states, “disabilities aren't the same as limitations.” Dory's parents and friends will work with her as much as they need to in order for her to feel safe and cared for despite any challenge she may face.
Finding Dory is, above all, celebration of disabled identities, interdependency, collective endeavour, love, care and infinite possibilities – and it left me wanting to become vegan.
She suffers from the disability short-term memory-loss, which often causes frustration to Marlin, especially while his son Nemo is in danger. However, her childlike optimism and ability to communicate different languages from both humans and whales have helped both her and Marlin advance their quest to find Nemo.
These problems in encoding new information are hallmarks of anterograde amnesia. Dory describes her condition as “short-term memory loss” which is the way most people refer to the problem of encoding new information that is the hallmark of anterograde amnesia.
Through the adventure, Dory helps Marlin learns how to trust and let go. While, for Dory, she admits, “I remember things better with you. I look at you, and I… and I'm home,” to Marlin.
For Dory, a blue tang fish with short term memory loss, the solution to every problem is to just keep swimming. Dory offers to help Marlin find Nemo. In fact, she insists on it and doesn't take no for an answer.
She spends years searching for her family, trying desperately to remember. As she is asking a group of fish if they can help her a boat zips above her head (Philip's boat from Finding Nemo) making the fish swim away. She then smacks into Marlin, and the adventure of Finding Nemo begins.
She had Nemo and Marlin to inspire her initially, and then received support from Hank the Octopus. She also had the warm, loving memories of her parents that provided confidence and reassurance. It was by tapping into all this support that Dory could ultimately grow more independent and handle any obstacle she faced.
Every person will face a situation where it feels they have no control. But Dory reminds us there is one thing we always have power over: our personal actions. She introduces a positive outlook on the idea that no matter how hard things seem, we must keep moving if we are going to get through it. “Just keep swimming.”
The common name dory (from the Middle English dorre, from the Middle French doree, lit. "gilded one") is shared (officially and colloquially) by members of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.
It's quite obvious that Dory has anterograde amnesia, which is the inability to form new memories. I also see many of the signs of ADHD within the character.
Nemo. Dory has a motherly relationship with Nemo. When the two met, she was relieved to find someone with kindness, and offered to help him look for his father, although she didn't remember she was looking for him too.
As she thanks her in the emphasis of speaking whale, Destiny also speaks whale to her as she also realized that she and Dory were friends when they talked through pipes when they were little.
Throughout the movie Dory remembers more and more about her past but only when something in the world prompts her. For example, she may see a sign which she had seen when she was growing up! Or she hears the familiar voice of a whale friend and all her memories come rushing back.
Dory suffers from severe short-term memory loss, but a lot of what she goes through can be adapted to other contexts, such as the world, or ocean, of ADHD. Dory has trouble with multi-step directions, is easily distracted, and is very impulsive.
Personality. Dory is an optimistic, friendly and adventure-loving fish. She can, however, be frustrating to short-tempered fish like Marlin, and she can be ditzy and forgetful as well. After hearing about how Marlin lost his son Nemo in the 2003 film Disney's Finding Nemo, she offered to help the clownfish look for him ...
Dory's scars from her travel through the jellyfish in Finding Nemo (2003) have disappeared. They may well have healed in the time between the two films.
On coral reefs, “Dory,” the small vibrant blue fish with black stripes and a yellow tail, is known by several other names: Hippo Tang, Royal Blue Tang, Regal Tang, Palette Surgeonfish and by the scientific name Paracanthurus hepatus.
Origin:Latin. Meaning:Nobody. Nemo is a boy's name of Latin origin, meaning “nobody.” If the name sounds familiar, maybe it is because of the beloved clownfish in the animated film, Finding Nemo.
Another dark Pixar theory suggests the animated film predominantly set under the sea is meant to showcase the tragic loss in the eyes of a husband and father. More specifically, the theory posits that Nemo never existed in the movie, and instead was a figment of Marlin the clownfish's imagination.
Dory, a happy-go-lucky Regal Blue Tang, suffers from anterograde amnesia, or the inability to form new memories. It was well-established in Finding Nemo that Dory has this condition, which is more commonly known as short-term memory loss.
However, a few armchair experts have pointed out the similarities between Dory's symptoms and a condition called anterograde amnesia. Anterograde amnesia can be caused by an injury or disease that damages the parts of the brain responsible for forming memories.
