The Son starts to question the authority of his Father after his Father displays an incredulity that the Son is able to achieve his objectives. It is the most significant scene in the film in which Kitai decides to completely ignore the directives by his Father. The lesson here is: If authority is not right or is oppressive, it should be rejected by the hero for justice to be served. For Movies see the link as
Son disobeys his Father and is slain and Cast Out or Cast down. The fact that a child is cut off from communicating to the Father is an indication of being cast down from the heavens, as illustrated in a literal way when Kitai made a leap from an overhang of the waterfall to protest to his Father’s command to return to his home. The incident resulted in his communication link with his Father to be cut off and left the Son in a state of isolation and without direction in a crucial stage of the mission or initiation.
Son is forced to face His Enemy (FEAR) All by Himself Fear is symbolized by the Ursa that is an animal that hunts its foes through pheromones released when their prey is scared. The creature is able to detect your fear. It’s only after the Son is able to master himself that he is able to overcome the fear within him. This is what is what the Ursa monster in the film represents.
Every hero tale you’ve ever read or watched play out in the screen inspired by the mythology of Heru. Heru is an old African god (also known as Neter) (force or element in nature) and was the model for all good rulers. It is possible to discover his exploits through “The Passion of Osiris (Ausar)” and “A Tale of Two Brothers”. These stories come in the ancient land of Kemet which is now known as Egypt.
In the myth of Heru’s Father, Ausar (Osiris) has been betrayed by Osiris and killed by his rival brother Set. Ausar is revived as the god of the afterlife or underworld. As the ruler, he’s always seated on a throne to decide on the fate of the ones who recently died. The symbolism of this is that Kitai’s Father Cipher was stuck in the ship’s chair and using the camera of the ship (spiritual eyes) as well as the communications. Link (spiritual communication) to monitor and give direction to Kitai[]
The throne motif is crucial since it was a foreshadowing in After Earth by the soldier in a wheelchair, who came to Gen. Joseph and son. After he was able to approach the General the soldier announced that the General saved his life, and he demanded that he receive the honor of being “stood up,” or in Biblical terminology, “made upright”, by his friends in order to give an appropriate salute for his Hero (savior). The same theme would play over and over again, when the General made the plea “stand me up”, to salute his son. This particular film sequence is his son “redeeming” or “saving” his father.
Returning to the mythology of Heru… following the time that the death of his father Ausar (Osiris) is killed and his brother is able to take over Kemet’s kingdom Kemet It becomes Heru’s mission Heru and Mother Auset (Isis) to obtain Heru to the throne as the legitimate ruler of the country. Heru must go through several years of education under the tutelage of his mother Auset and his Aunt Nebhet (Nephtys) and the tiny Bes who is the Neter of the child’s birth happiness, war and joy. The Neter is Bes who is the one who trains Heru to become the warrior. In the film Star Wars Yoda played the role as the teacher (Bes) in the role of Luke Skywalker (Heru).
Its emblematic symbol Heru is the Hawk. He was frequently depicted as having wings and wearing the face or the head an bird. In the film After Earth we see the relationship between Kitai the Hero with his Hawk within the “Leap of Faith” sequence in which the Hawk is chased by Kitai down, and then takes the victim into her nest for food for her newborn chicks. Kitai awakes and is devoured by the new chicks. She discovers that the nest of the hawks is in danger from predators that are primarily felines who want to devour the chicks.
Kitai assists the hawk in protect the nest, but is unable to stop the predators from killing the young birds.
The Hawk mourns the loss her newborn chicks in an angry screech and starts following Kitai in the air. which appears to be threatening in the beginning however, we discover in the future that Hawk has formed a bond with Kitai and later brings him back to safety and shields him from cold using her own body heat to prevent Kitai from freezing. This is a clear symbol of Kitai’s mythical connection with Heru the NeterThe * symbol from The Sun as well as Sky. Sky… The Skywalker who was the original sky.
After many tense battles and adventures Heru with the assistance of his mother, would eventually gain the throne from Kemet (Egypt) in order to thus bring his father back to Ausar (Osirus).
It is crucial to are aware that the story about Ausar (Osiris) as well as Heru (Horus) was told, and retold all over the globe. It is told in many variations. The names and characters and the details may change however the underlying concept of the tale remains the same. It is the responsibility that the son succeeds to his father as the ruler of the Earth or the land however only after the Son has proved that he is worthy of the position. This is why the film After Earth has a lot more to offer than is evident to the uninitiated.
There are many more examples of archetypal and mythological symbolism that is incorporated into the film After Earth that I was not able to discuss such as the Mother being”the “Queen of Heaven,” or the Sister as the “Spiritual Guardian” of her brother. The film is full of the elements that go into an outstanding story, and I personally believe that the tale about After Earth was masterfully told.