I have always felt that Ghibli's "Arrietty the Borrower" is to cheer up all the teenagers in the island country.
The story of this animated film is very simple. It tells the story of the villain Arrietty's family hidden in a human's home. After being discovered by the owner, they have to start anew to find a new home. But the character settings in the animation are quite new. Throughout most of the animations of Studio Ghibli, there is a male protagonist with both good looks and talents, and in "The Villain Arrietty Who Borrows Things", in addition to his good looks, the male protagonist Xiang Xiang. It can almost be regarded as a "waste wood".
How bad is the male lead? In addition to the love of reading, we can hardly see any other highlights of Xiang. And his heart disease has turned him into a male version of Lin Daiyu who can run out of breath after two steps. Apart from recuperating at home and desperately waiting for an operation with unknown results, he is completely powerless in the face of life.
The heroine, Arrietty, is different. She is strong and independent, kind and lovely, and is keen on adventure. She is such an independent and lovely girl, but she needs the help of the "waste wood" male protagonist, because she is a stature less than ten times as good as a human being. One-half of a small human race. So, there are so many things that humans can easily do that she can't. Although she saved her mother by her own ability, it was only possible with Xiang's help. In getting along with Arrietty, Xiang also slowly discovers that even if he is useless, he can become Arrietty's guardian and live out his worth.
The relationship between the little people and humans in the film is also a bit like a metaphor for the gap between the rich and the poor in real life. I remember one of the details is that a piece of sugar cube, which is inconspicuous in the eyes of humans, can be used by a small family of three for half a year. Remember the sky-high bills of some of the wealthy officials in China? A meal can easily cost hundreds of thousands, which is indeed enough for a poor family to spend for many years. But this is a cartoon after all, so it does not show the confrontation between poverty and wealth naked, but conveys it euphemistically with the concept of a small human race.
In fact, except for the evil maid, the young Xiang's family is very friendly and kind to the little people. Xiang's mother even built a very luxurious and comfortable home for the little people. But because of their dignity and their love for life, the Arrietty family chose to embark on a new journey to find a new life. This also reminds me of the nomads in my hometown. They will move and migrate according to the changes of the season. Although they can choose to go to towns and live a relatively comfortable life, they still stubbornly wander on the grasslands to explore life. the truth. Sometimes, I really envy them.
At the end of Arrietty the Borrower, the Arrietty family and Spiller embark on a new journey. Although the little people are on the verge of extinction, and although they do not know what their future life will be like, they remain optimistic and always have hope.
No matter what happens, please try to survive.
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