Cast Away

To Whom It May Concern: The merits of Fantasy class are just as important as other classic literature classes at a university level. The literature of fantasy read in this class teaches important lessons much like in other famous literatures. For example, a classic American literature class might read Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mocking Bird. A famous story that teaches the importance of empathy. Fantasy works can expand on the idea of empathy and draw a reader in. The story Neverwhere by Neil…

Spirited Away rightfully qualifies as Hayao Miyazaki’s magnum opus, winning fifty-two awards after its release in 2001. The movie describes a young girl’s journey of trepidation and discovery after becoming trapped in the spirit world. There, an almost byzantine story unfolds containing complex relationships, unwritten rules and profuse emotions. As with any work of this scale, a mosaic of themes and motifs riddles the production, but I wish to discuss one of the major “paths” we, as the…

Who Do You Think Is The Hero In The Movie "Spirited Away"? by Jenny Vue Many people believe Chihiro is the hero in the movie, but personally, Haku is the main hero even though he doesn't have screen time as much as Chihiro. He was the one who found Chihiro in the spirit world, he was the one who gave her something to eat so she wouldn't disappear, and he was the one who helped her get a job in the bathhouse. The first reason why Haku is the main hero is because when Haku first saw Chihiro, he…

One of the features of the Death Note is an organic fusion of realism with fantasy, with the apparent superiority of realism. Despite of that fact, Shinigami is acting along with people, and the intrigue revolves around the notebook for the murders. Shinigami Ryuk purposely dropped his notebook on Earth, which gives the power to kill people. As he explains it later, he was bored with life in the world of Shinigami and decided to have some fun. Eventually, the notebook quickly finds its owner…

kid grew up watching some kind of animation, and most of them prepare them for life. To clarify, Hayao Miyazaka’s animation lets children imagine what could be possible in the world through his fairy-tales. In “Spirited Away,” about a little girl named Chihiro, who is moving away from her hometown, while her father made a mistake and took the wrong road. Chihiro’s father explores the traditional town, but she wants to hurry to the new home. As a scary-cat, Chihiro went with her parents to…

Spirited Away is another one of Miyazaki’s various films that touch this theme and other various ones. Set in contemporary Japan, Spirited Away follows the story of Chihiro, a ten-year-old girl who finds herself lost in the Yuya, the center of the spirit world, when she was on her way home with her parents. When Chihiro first…

In Miyazaki’s Spirited Away the role of memory allows a person, river or spirit to leave the spirit world and assume one’s original identity and name in which Youbaba takes from you. Throughout the story Haku reminds Sen to remember that her true name is Chihiro. If Sen forgets that she is Chihio, then she will never be able to leave and Haku is in that position. Also Chihiro’s memory also keeps her attached to her parents because if she forgets which pigs are parents, then she will not be able…

I opened the door as Regina followed and after locking the door, we started walking to the party. Brad Carrington 's house was only a few blocks away from my house and this wasn 't exactly my first time going there. I forgot the exact address so I guessed the party was where I could hear the loud music blasting from blocks away. After 5 minutes we arrived there and Gina and I looked at each other. "Try not to get wasted like last time, I don 't feel like dragging you all the way home…

Hayao Miyazaki is considered as one of the greatest animated filmmaker of his time. Studio Ghibli’s works are a breakthrough in modern animation, bringing both reality and fantasy together in a whole other level and give the audience something that they can keep with them long after they have seen the films. It’s more than a moral to the story, and more than a lesson that we must learn from the protagonist’s adventure(s). Miyazaki’s movies are not black and white, but actually rather more…

How does Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away represent distinctively Japanese Cultural Concerns and traditions and what does the film teach us about the challenges of human experience? In Spirited Away, the director Hayao Miyazaki provides a perspective of the conflict between traditional Japanese society and its modern counterpart. Furthermore, the film is also a commentary of the main characters efforts and challenges in growing up. It also comments on the cultural concerns that occur not only in…