The Movie "Spirited Away" portrays a lot of Shinto
beliefs. To start off, the spirits
present in the world Sen arrives to exemplify the Shinto beliefs of the way of
“kami”. Also the step of purification is
shown when No-Face was saved out of greed by the help of Sen and when the Sen
pulled out the garbage inside the river spirit.
I believe Sen had to go on this trip in order to change her
mindset about her life and the world. In
the beginning of the movie, Sen was an immature kid who was complaining about
every single thing. She was unpleased
about how she was moving and all the actions her parents were doing. But by the end of the movie, she learns she
should follow the way her life flows and always be positive about it. Also, she learns to be grateful about her
surroundings (such as nature, parents, etc.)
At the end of the movie, (unlike the beginning), “Chihiro” talks about
how she will be able to be fit into her new surroundings. She has definitely changed and matured.
Daniel,
답글삭제Excellent blog posts. Spirited Away was a little "prescriptive" with little new insight, but the Gandhi post was excellent. Your final project was good as a group, but I was hoping for more "recreation" of the project into your own understandings. By the way, excellent contributions in class!