A Letter to Momo--From A Psychological View

Annamae 2022-07-22 10:45:21

First some digression:

I recently read in a book that psychologists suggest that it is best not to let young children face death directly, otherwise it may be difficult for children to accept life and death in the future. So if you have to face death, how do you explain it to a child? People will not reach the sky immediately after death, and it will take a while to reach the sky. During this time, the heavens will send guardian angels to temporarily replace the dead to protect the living and write letters to the sky to report their recent situation until the dead return. When you reach the sky, you can protect the living forever. At this time, the patron saint will return to the sky. " So live well and let the dead relatives rest assured. The following is the part that forcibly interprets (destroys) the plot. In fact, monsters may not exist, or they may just be imagined by Taozi. From the perspective of psychologists, this kind of situation occurs more in children than in adults.

Because Taozi had quarreled with his father before he died and did not reconcile, he felt that his father's death also had his own responsibility, not to mention that he said that to his father, which must have made his father sad. After returning to the island with her mother, she had to leave Taozi at home alone because her mother had to go out for work and class. At this time, Taozi felt that she was neglected by her mother, and at the same time, because she couldn't dive, she couldn't integrate into the little friends, and she felt annoyed. helpless. So Taozi imagined that there were three monsters who were the guardian angels who guarded her side in place of her father. Although they do not have any very powerful supernatural powers and often cause trouble, they can accompany her to read and write homework and send letters. To our Heavenly Father.

This is actually a kind of compensatory psychology when Taozi is blamed for her actions. It makes Taozi feel that although her father can't come back, at least there is a way to let her father know her apology and make up for her mistakes. Later, the monster told Taozi to go back to the sky, which she did after Taozi and her mother quarreled and her asthma relapsed in order to find her. In fact, at this time, Taozi felt that her mother's attention had returned to her, and she felt that her loneliness had been compensated for, so the monsters were not so necessary, and the monsters told her that they were going back to the sky. scene. Later, the monsters returned, and Taozi also received a "reply letter" from her father, allowing her and her mother to live well. At this time, all the knots in her heart were finally solved, and Taozi's mother also realized that she had neglected Taozi before, and told Taozi I would accompany her more in the future. In the end, Peaches snuggled up to her mother and smiled happily. From the perspective of animated movies, this is a movie that is very suitable for parents and children to watch together. It can help children realize what death is all about, and also let adults understand how the world in the child's heart is thinking at the same time. It can also guide children to deal with death correctly.

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A Letter to Momo quotes

  • Momo Miyaura: [last words to her father] You're selfish, and you're a liar. I don't care if you come back.