Avatar: a lenda de AANG uma interpretação analítico comportamental sobre Zuko

Abstract

The present research aims to analyze the process of behavioral change of the character Zuko, from the work Avatar – The Last Airbender. Using the theoretical apparatus of Behavioral Analytical Psychology, the work makes a documentary survey about the content produced about the character, including the narrative of the animated series, composed of 61 episodes divided into 3 seasons, and three comics published after the end of the animation. : Avatar, The Last Airbender - The Promise; Avatar, The Last Airbender - The Search; Avatar, The Last Airbender - Smoke and Shadow. In this way, a case analysis is developed. In order to build up information about the case, analyze it and later make some comments, this work has been divided into 3 chapters. In the first one, the plot is presented, building the environment in which the character is placed, the relationships and values ​​he has and the path he took during the story. Then, the analysis is made, using behavioral analytical theory to elaborate Zuko's process of change, demonstrating that the character's development is coherent with the plot, that he lives in dynamic contexts, being changed by the relationships he has with the environment, as well as it changes him. Finally, some considerations are made, with the intention of bringing this case closer to the control relations existing in the material world, placing the relevance of the cultural environment to control the behavior of individuals, being aware of the contingencies that control them or not