Disney Theme: Bambi and Other Motherless Characters
Bambi lost his mom to a hunter, and Pinocchio was carved and cared for by his “father” Geppetto. Peter Pan is a motherless lost boy living in Neverland. The mothers of Belle (Beauty and the Beast), Jasmine (Aladdin) Tarzan, Pocahontas, and Quasimodo (Hunchback of Notre Dame) are gone. So, is there a reason for this curious theme?
Audiences believe that there is. Tragically, Walt Disney’s own mother died of carbon monoxide poisoning in the home he bought her.