SYNOPSIS OF Avatar: The Last Airbender
The series is set in a war-ravaged world influenced by various Indigenous cultures where certain people can “bend” one of the four classic elements: water, air, earth, or fire. This movie, “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” tells the story of Aang, the avatar who returned to the world after a century to finally bring balance.
PLOT SUMMARY & REVIEW OF Avatar: The Last Airbender
The four classic elemental nations of fire, water, air, or earth lived in harmony until Firelord Sozin decided to overpower the rest of the world. The avatar is the one who has the power to bend all the elements and maintain balance in the world. When one dies, they are restored to the next nation in an endless cycle.
Aang, a 12-year-old boy of the Air Nation, was the next avatar. When he finds out, Aang decides to fly out to think, but the fire nation attacks to wipe out the Air Nomads and ensure the avatar is not a threat to their conquest.
Aang and his sky bison Aapa are caught in a storm, but the avatar within him emerges and traps him in ice to save his life. Sokka and Katara, siblings from the southern water tribe, come across the block of ice Aang is trapped in. Katara uses her water-bending powers to free Aang, and they take him back to their village.
Prince Zuko is traveling the world in search of the avatar. He travels with his uncle, General Iroh, who advises him on most matters. He spots the light emerging when Aang is freed and heads toward the Water Tribe village. Aang learns that his people are no more.
Zuko arrives at the village and threatens to burn it down unless they hand over Aang. Aang gives himself up to save the village. Sokka and Katara save Aang and then help him figure out what he needs to know about being an avatar.
They first travel to Kyoshi Island. Where Aang learns he is connected to the spirits of his past selves, Sokka learns something else. He meets Suki, a Kyoshi warrior. Zuko enlists the help of a commander named Zhao to track down the avatar.
His father traveled with the other warriors to seek out the firebenders who had ravaged their tribe. Katara was with her mother when she was killed by a firebender. Kyoshi shows Aang a glimpse of the Northern Water Tribe facing an attack.
Aang meets his old friend (Bumi), who is the old king of Omashu. Zuko continues in his pursuit of the avatar, but his blind determination often proves to be a cane. Zuko gained the upper hand but stopped in a moment of compassion that Ozai considered a weakness.
Aang and his friends travel to the spirit world to save some villagers, but Sokka and Katara are trapped by a primal spirit called Koh the Face Stealer. Aang meets Gyatso there and asks him for advice, then visits the shrine of Avatar Roku. Then he defeats Koh and rescues his friends.
They reach the home of the Northern Water Tribe and welcome the assistance of the avatar. Katara finally has teachers to help her hone her skills. She confronts Master Pakku. She challenges him to a fight; however, everyone else gains much respect for her.
Sokka forms a bond with Princess Yue, who was saved by a piece of the moon spirit when she was a child. She met Sokka when he was stuck in the spirit world. The previous avatars tell Aang that he must do it alone and put the world’s needs above his own. Sokka and Katara remind him that he is not alone and that he can do things differently.