Reaction Paper On Spirited Away

Miyazaki’s childhood was short as he was born January 5, 1941 during World War II, thus without exception, his films main characters are children, deal with growing up and often consist of one young female lead and one young male lead. This is evident in My Neighbor Totoro (1988) as the two main characters are young girls who, unlike adults, can see and befriend the spirits of the spirit world. In Spirited Away (2001), the leading character Chihiro is a young girl who must deal with growing up, similarly to Kiki in Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989). Princess Mononoke (1997) also features these stock characters in the form of young San, adopted daughter of the wolf goddess Moro and Prince Ashitaka, a young girl and boy. Hayao Miyazaki has expressed strong feelings about childhood, saying that it's a paradisiacal time when, "you're protected by your parents and unaware of the problems around you". Miyazaki’s upbringing during World War II would explain another unique mark of his films, that being his interest in flight.

In this world, there will always be that one phase in life when a human face what the major of our society called as growing up. During that phase, the human will have to face a lot of element. Sue Monk Kidd’s “Secret Life of Bees” narrates a story of a girl named Lily who develops herself through others during her journey to find the truth about her mother.

Jenkins’ lighting and sound are also essential to the portrayal of this scene as a key moment in Chiron’s struggle with his identity. These elements characterize Paula as an impeding obstacle to Chiron’s self-discovery. Chiron’s face here is highlighted, while his mother’s face is covered in shadows. This contrasts the two, indicating that the audience should be on Chiron’s side and see the darkness within Paula. Typically, mothers in films are basked in warm light, indicating their nurturing relationships with their children. The shadows covering Paula’s face, therefore, suggest that she is an absent mother figure, which soils Chiron’s natural maturation. Furthermore, no sound can be heard from Paula, though the audience can read her lips and understand the nature of their conversation. Instead, classical music is audible. The use of no sound further establishes Paula as an absent figure in Chiron’s life because she is seen, but not heard. Paula’s body is basked in pink light until the end of the scene, when the light fades to reveal bluish-green walls. In this film, Jenkins uses the

In this chapter Goro’s old maid comes to help them but she brings with her a deadly disease that gives death to Cheiko and Ichoro. Then Goro’s maid dies when the disease spreads through out her body.

When he returns home his mother immediately tells him “find somewhere for you to be. I got company tonight.”[4] Once again Chiron is rejected from his community and even his own home continuously being dominated by others, he turns to the only place he feels safe Teresa 's house, as Juan has now passed away. Chiron returns to school and is mocked yet again continuing to keep his head down he once again lets those around him dominate his inner emotions. On his way home from school Chiron is confronted about where he 's going when the bullies conclude that he is returning to Teresa 's house they begin to mock Teresa saying “Oh yeah. That chick fine as fuck! Juan been dead a minute, that bitch give free head?”[5] Chiron grabs his bully by the collar and drives him back, for the first time in the entire film we see Chiron retaliate against his oppressor but unfortunately it was not him standing up for himself but standing up for others. After this confrontation with his dominator Chiron visits the beach where he shares an intimate moment with his best friend kevin and for the first time we see Chiron 's true self as expressed through his seexuality. Just as quickly as we see Chiron express himself we she him shut down as the following day at school kevin is dared to beat Chiron in a game called “Knocked Down, Stay Down.”[6] In this scene it is as if Kevin regrets his decision in sharing a moment and is begging him to be his

With the experience of being ignored, betrayed, and deprived, she becomes more afraid of loss and danger, but longs even more to have something to hold dear and belong to. When she gets into the convent school she finds temporary safety, being sheltered from the dangerous and unpredictable "outside", but her stepfather eventually brings her out into the

The director Miyazaki utilizes both physical and visual elements as represented by the characters, in order to communicate and individualize unique character traits and contrasting personalities. Miyazaki’s placing emphasis on character development is a significant aspect of not only the narrative, but also asserts how each gender is represented in a different way.

The purpose of this experiment is to convert carbonyl compounds to alkenes using Wittig reaction. In this case we will be synthesizing Trans-9-(2-phenylethenyl) anthracene from benzyltriphenylphosphonium chloride and 9-anthraldehyde. We will also aim to obtaining a high percent yield and purity for the synthesis of Trans-9-(2-phenylethenyl) anthracene. The mechanism for this reaction goes thus:

Therefore, Chigurh, understanding his unconventional sociopathic self, allows him to create an impersonal persona which provides the necessary façade to interact in society, contributing to individuation, something that is already achieved at the onset.

With the help of their companions, the main characters must overcome a series of obstacles before they can discover their full potential. In the beginning of the story, Chihiro is a spoiled child forced into the fantastic world. Chihiro becomes completely separated from everything she has known and must find her way back to reality. Her adult guidance is stripped away from her when her parents are turned into pigs after being greedy and eating plenty of food that did not belong to them. Chihiro is then forced to step up and save her own parents: “I'm sorry my sister turned your parents into pigs, but there's nothing I can do. It’s just the way things are. You'll have to help your parents and Haku by yourself” (Miyazaki). Never having been cast such responsibility, Chihiro does a pretty good job. In order to survive in the spirit world, Chihiro takes a job at the bath house run by Yubaba. There she performs hard tasks most kids her age would not be able to grasp. Chihiro taking a job is a first step into her reaching adulthood, as providing an income and hard work are grown up responsibilities. While she is working there, she faces some difficult challenges which the other

     Throughout the story there are several aspects of the Protagonist’s character that play a major role in the shaping of her future. During her childhood she

On April 12th, 2017 at 5:15 in the afternoon I attended an alcoholics anonymous (AA) meeting located inside a catering building, Gardens at Sunset. This AA meeting was entitled, “Wednesday Eleven Step Group”. When I initially pulled up to the site I was confused as to where the actual meeting would be held, an abandoned hotel was on the left and a brightly painted blue building on the right. I almost left for I feared the safety of my car. However, a woman in her fifties pulled up behind me and after introducing myself to her, she informed me that the meeting would be upstairs in the blue building. Despite the harsh outward appearance of the meeting site, the inside was warm and comforting. The AA meeting was held in a loft above the catering

The children are raised by guardians and treated as normal children. All their needs are attended to and the children are unknowingly spoiled. Hailsham is a perfect atmosphere for children to be raised, and the students believe their lives are perfect. Their knowledge of the outside world is minimal. Guardians only teach them enough to survive the two-three years they must fend for themselves living in the Cottages. The students are told horror stories of the world outside Hailsham. The students are constantly praised and told they are special. They do not know they are being raised to give away their organs. The students feel that their lives are perfect based on the knowledge they have of the outside. As Kathy says to her friends while at Hailsham “Children out there don’t have enough to eat or even beds to sleep in, so hush Ruth we’re the lucky ones”(Ishiguro 27). The students are brought up with an almost spoiled entitlement. The truth was kept from the children by extreme means. Those who visited Hailsham from the outside world were not allowed to speak about the outside world. One guardian Miss Lucy attempted to tell the students the reality of their futures. Most were too blinded by the lessons they had been taught as children to understand their fate. However, as Ms. Emily spoke more bluntly they began to understand and ear their futures. She was fired shortly after this and they did not speak of her

The way Hayao Miyazaki entices his viewers to accept his idea about a new relationship between nature and humanity was never really talked about or discussed in the past couple of years. The film ‘My Neighbor Totoro,’ with all the religious elements and the social impact it had established the director Miyazaki as one of the best animators not just in Japan, but around the world. What really gives this film power and fame is not just the mysterious and magical world it has or the cute character that Miyazaki created, but also the film’s way of influencing the audience by conveying an unfamiliar message about this three-layered relationship between nature and humans. Comparing both Miyazaki’s childhood memories and the story depicted helps him connect the audience’s feelings with the characters and making this realistic representation of human emotion in the film believable and realistic not only to children, but even to adults. What also makes the world more familiar to the spectators is the director’s use of a common fear from many people’s early years in this unknown and magical world. This common fear is clearly illustrated when the girls meet Susuwatari, a black spirit in the old empty house that stays in dark spaces and prefers to be left alone, and only children can see it. The introduction of this spirit is a good transition between the world of magic and reality. It confirms and insists about the existence of the unknown, and introduces a world of illusion and

The Feiner Points of Leadership is one of the interesting and application oriented books I have read. I would recommend the book to my friends and colleagues who aspire to be a good leader. This book should be read by all the leaders and managers to be successful. It exemplifies some of the important skills manager or leader should practice at the same time it explains the mistakes one should avoid being a successful and effective leader. Michael Feiner’s experience in PepsiCo, given examples and instances in his tenure makes it easier to understand the facts in detail. These examples also helps retain all the points and laws explained in the book.