- Everyone knows that the first 48 hours are the most crucial for finding missing persons (fish). There is no time to repeat directions to Dory.
- Along with forgetfulness, Dory is easily distracted. Marlin is constantly redirecting her, which again, takes precious time away from finding Nemo (nailed it).
- Dory’s risky behavior puts Marlin and her in dangerous situations. Her trusting nature prevents Dory from identifying predators. After all, the ocean is known as the Antietam of the Sea. That’s not true, but the Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single day of fighting in U.S. military history, and the nickname makes the ocean sound like death is waiting around every reef.
- Even though Marlin lacks some natural parental instincts, he cares for the well-being of others. His attention is split between finding Nemo (there it is again) and preventing Dory from swimming into life-threatening situations.
- Parents utilize movies, music, and reading with kids on long road trips to maintain their sanity. Imagine spanning the ocean with a companion that has a childlike intellect combined with a lack of filter and short term memory loss. Dory’s, “Are we there yet” plays on repeat, because she doesn’t remember where there is and she forgot what Marlin told her the last time she asked.
“Fish are friends, not food.” Maybe Marlin needs to find a shiver (shark group [always learning with the BlogGaud]) of sharks where the motto is, “Fish are food, not friends.”
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