- Story Symbol
Is there a central symbol that unites the whole story? How does it work?The journey, the main character is going through a life-changing move. The story follows her experience leaving home, and the “journey” she experiences in this new place.
- Symbolic Characters
What kinds of characters populate the story? Does their age, gender, race, abilities, background, skills give them a symbolic role? Do they carry, use or appear near symbols that define them?There is very diverse population of characters in this story. One character, No Face, embodies greed and desire. He creates gold from his hands, and those that take it are eaten. The gold is symbolic of desire, and what people want the most, but it comes at a price.
- Symbolic Theme
What is your story’s main moral message about what kinds of actions are good vs evil? Are there any symbols used to describe or define the theme?The main moral message is the contrast between pursuit of happiness, economically versus spiritually. fulfillment is not obtained by money or wealth, but by living an interesting live, journeys and adventures, and the people you meet along they way.
- Symbolic Worlds
What kind of story world(s) exist in your story and do the worlds define their inhabitants in any symbolic way? eg erathdwellers are emphatic, and sky dwellers are aloof.The bathhouse acts as some sort of spirit realm, a fantasy unattached from reality.
Co-existence and lack of co-existence between the spirit world and reality.
Train station, a gateway between two worlds.
Reality, the human world is not as “fantastic” as the Chihiro’s imagination. - Symbolic Objects
Are there symbolic objects that carry meaning(s) in your story. Examples include the Ring in Lord of Rings, The Wand in Harry Potter, the Grail in King Arthur stories. Even small objects can have pervasive meaning, like the Red thread/bracelet in Your Name.Gold – greed, desire
Water – human spirit
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