In Mulan we find that Mulan, a young girl, has to take the place of her sick father in the military. She has to disguise herself as a man as only men are allowed to fight in the military. This is a classic example of displacement. She has to somehow keep her cover as a man in order to help her sick father. She has to constantly prove herself in a trade dominated by men. Mulan endures physical challenges that she never would have imagined that she had to go through. In this her situation she is a fish out of water and has to learn to adapt to a completely new environment.