Heroic archetypes in Avatar

[neytirifanboy]

Originally Posted by Human No More

It's blatantly obvious that Grace, who supports the Na'vi more than any other human at that time, is in the right. To me, that gave me a positive impression of the Na'vi before I even saw them.

That's a very good point. The information about the Na'vi is ambiguous as best. And in fact, Selfridge and co only start really insulting them when they have conflict with Grace.

Also, Jake does not have a negative opinion of the Na'vi. In fact he has no opinion of them at all at the beginning.

Like others, I do believe there is a little bit of the noble savage in the Na'vi. But I agree it is tenuous at best and as I have already said, doesn't really fit the archetyp in my view.