Kids movies not so nowadays..

I recently watched the older 1980's cartoon film called An American Tail. It was, how should I put this, ..pretty Damn depressing. These mice are Russian and are trying to make their way into the United States in search of a better life. They lose their youngest little mouse, Fievel and go all over New York, fighting cats until they finally find each other. It was an odd play on this period in time, but it was also accurate.

 This is how immigrants suffered trying to come into the country, and build a new life. They also lost many of their family members along the way. Some even came by themselves. Some didn't make it at all. I feel like if I become a grade school teacher, this is a movie I would show as a lesson in history. The movie really makes your heart go out to these mice, yes mice, because you realize this could have just been an actual recollection of someone who had gone through it. So a lesson to us all, be grateful for your life now, no matter how rough you think you have it. Your family went through hell to let you have a better life than they had.