26. Hua Mulan Enlisted In Her Father’s Place
Various versions of the story mean that there are differing accounts as to the exploits of the heroic female warrior. But they all agree on one point, which is the crux of Disney’s storyline, too. Mulan secretly joined the army to serve in her father’s place.
Her father is elderly and will undoubtedly die if he is forced into battle. In one version of the story, she has a younger brother who is still too young to enlist. Perhaps this is why, in the Disney version, she has a dog named “Little Brother.”