The Lion King Interpersonal Conflicts

The Lion King is a classic Disney film that shows the triumph of a young king. Mufasa, King of Pride Rock, is the father of Simba. Since Mufasa gave birth to a son, the chances of his younger brother to become king are no longer there. Scar has hatred towards Simba for he wants to be King. Scar becomes envious and becomes the leader of an angry pack of hyenas. When Scar purposely kills Mufasa, Scar blames Simba for his death since Mufasa was trying to save Simba from a stampede. Simba does not know that Mufasa was hanging from a cliff where he was reaching for Scar’s hand for help. Scar makes Simba feel as if everyone will never forgive him and runs him out of Pride Rock which leads to Scar’s evil ways becoming king. Simba then meets Timon and Pumba who become his very close friends and companion during Simba’s growth to an adult. Nala, Simba’s childhood friend finds Simba and tells him about all the chaos that is happening in their land that Scar is putting them through.

 This is where we encounter Simba’s interpersonal conflict. He is afraid of his path and he does not believe in himself to be the King his father knew he could be. He has all this fear from his friends and family which cause him to have self-doubt. Since he had alienated himself from everyone, he became more tempered and defensive. After feeling the presence of his father, he has the courage to be himself and be the person that he was meant to be, which the King of Pride Rock is. He overcame his fear and had the courage to do what his father would have wanted to do for him. This caused himself to be a part of the family he once was after years of hiding away.

Another interpersonal conflict in this movie has to do with Scar. Scar becomes envious of Mufasa’s son, Simba. Instead of working things out with his family issues, he becomes an evil lion instead of someone that could be trusted and there for his people. Scar’s jealousy caused him to kill his own brother and chase away his nephew so that he can have power. He wanted to be in control and have authority over somewhere that could never be his until he kills his brother and scares away his nephew.