Spirited Away-Task 10: Questions

Questions:
1. How does the Director of Spirited Away blend realism with fantasy?
The main setting is the Bathouse and Chihiro is very quickly sent to work. We are shown multiple workers, and places like a kitchen or the boiler room. These are all real places that would be included in a Bathhouse, but the director uses their real setting but, uses fantastical characters like the spirits that visit the bathouse or the workers such as Kumaji. This gives the audience a chance to see a mundane real location, turned magical.

2. What life lessons does Chihiro learn from her experience?
Chihiro evolves to not needing to rely on her parents and instead she becomes responsible and becomes determined to save her parents as well as look after everyone in the bathhouse like Haku.

3. Even though the setting is fantastical, what everyday struggles does Chihiro face?
Chihiro still has to go through the struggles of finding and maintaining a job all on her own. She has to do a lot of mundane work. She also has to deal with people controlling her and being a boss and controlling her.

4. Pick out three conventions of 'Coming of Age' films that are present in Spirited Away and explain how they are used in the film.
- Chihrio has to spend time without their parents, which allows her to have to deal with her problems dead on.
- Chihiro goes through character growth and changes the way she acts and approaches difficulties.
- Chihiro has to go through a challenging event that allows her to evolve.

5. What message do you think director Hayao Miyazaki wanted to send to young girls?
He wanted to show that girls don't always have to rely on other people and that they can do anything along as they believe in themselves.