Media - Pinocchio

Pinocchio (Full Movie)

 

Pinocchio was a wooden puppet or marionette, created by the woodcarver Geppetto. Geppetto makes a wish on a star that Pinocchio could be a real boy. He is brought to life while still a puppet by a blue fairy who tells him he can be a real boy if he is brave, truthful and unselfish and can tell right from wrong using his conscience. Pinocchio is confused about what a conscience is so the blue fairy asks Jiminy Cricket to serve as Pinocchio's conscience.

The Blue Fairy: You must learn to choose between right and wrong.
Pinocchio: Right and wrong? But how will I know?
Jiminy Cricket: [watching] How'll he know!
The Blue Fairy: [to Pinocchio] Your conscience will tell you.
Pinocchio: What are conscience?
Jiminy Cricket: What are conscience! I'll tell ya! A conscience is that still small voice that people won't listen to. That's just the trouble with the world today...
Pinocchio: Are you my conscience?
Jiminy Cricket: Who, me?

The Blue Fairy: Would you like to be Pinocchio's conscience?

Jiminy Cricket: [Blushing] Well, uh, I... Uh-huh.
The Blue Fairy: Very well. What is your name?
Jiminy Cricket: [tipping his hat] Oh, Cricket's the name. *Jiminy* Cricket!
The Blue Fairy: Kneel, Mr. Cricket.
Jiminy Cricket: Huh?
[Kneels]
Jiminy Cricket: No tricks now.
[the fairy taps Jiminy with her wand; his rags turn into fine clothes]
The Blue Fairy: I dub you Pinocchio's conscience, lord high keeper of the knowledge of right and wrong, counselor in moments of high temptation, and guide along the straight and narrow path. Arise, Sir Jiminy Cricket.

...This story is unique because there is a physical being acting as a conscience. Jiminy Cricket is appointed to be Pinocchio's conscience because he is not yet a real boy. It reminds me of "Life of Pi" where the tiger, Richard Parker, acts as Pi's conscience. But the tiger never spoke to him, like Jiminy Cricket speaks to Pinocchio. Even with the help of Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio is still lead astray. When the blue fairy asks him why he didn't go to school, Pinocchio makes up a lie. As he keeps adding more lies to the story, his nose begins to grow. The blue fairy tells him "Perhaps you weren't telling the truth?" This shows the external trauma that occurs with a guilty conscience while Pinocchio is still learning what is right and wrong. By the end of the movie, Pinocchio has learned to listen to his conscience to make the right decisions. He becomes a real boy...