Spirited Away Themes

Spirited Away takes place in Japan. In the movie there is a human world and a spirit world. In order to get to the spirit world, one must arrive at an abandoned theme park and walk through it. When it gets dark, the spirits come out, and one is stuck in the spirit world until they find a way to get out. In the spirit world there is a bathhouse; this is where spirits are cleaned. The main character in Spirited Away is Chihiro, or Sen. At the beginning of the movie, Chihiro is shy and easily scared, and she is very sad about leaving her home and her friends. Later in the movie, Chihiro's name is changed to Sen. Along with her name change, Sen becomes brave, curious, and more independent. She also continues to be very kind and respectful throughout the entirety of the movie. Haku is very intelligent and mysterious. He knows both the human and spirit side of the spirit world. Haku is in a very high position at the bathhouse and because of this, people respect him and ask for his approval. Haku is also very …show more content…
Chihiro doesn't want to move because she liked her old home and school, and she is going to miss her friends. While taking a shortcut to their house, they get lost and arrive at an abandoned theme park. When the lights get dark, spirits come out. Chihiro gets stuck here and her parents turn into pigs from eating the food that they found at the theme park. Chihiro must find a job in order to return back to the human world with her parents. For work she must help guests in the bathhouse and clean them. While cleaning spirits, Chihiro lets in a strange spirit with no face. She is very kind to this creature and in return the creature gets a little greedy. Then, Chihiro returned a stolen seal to Zeniba, Yubaba's twin sister. With the seal returned, Yubaba makes Chihiro determine which pigs are her parents. Chihiro identified the pigs correctly and she and her parents were sent back to the human