1.describe the bathhouse for spirits and its many symbols.
Basically, the bathhouse is for the spirits, not humans, but there are many symbols that represent characteristics of human society and gave us a warning through the symbols. Firstly, when Yubaba gave a job to Chihiro, she erased her name and make it short as Sen. By doing so, i believe that Yubaba owned Chihiro’s spirit and Sen might gradually lost the identity as Chihiro, because Haku said that if someone lost one’s name and forget about it, the identity as a pure human disappears forever, never going back to the real world. Under these rules, the name symbolizes the human nature, as the origin, so it is important to stay pure from the temptations occurring in the bathhouse, because it will make Sen forget her name. Moreover, ‘No-face’ represents the greediness of the humans. No face always tried to provide gold to satisfy Sen, however, Sen overcame the temptation and do the right things. At the last, No face also threw up all the things he ate and returned to the original state, throwing out greediness. In contrast to Sen, the most of the staff at the bathhouse are fully tempted by the gold and money and lose their reason. it stands for the most of the people who are stained and foolish.
2. why does Haku help Chihiro?
Haku falls in love with Chihiro, and he also feel sympathy to Chihiro because Sen looks like Haku himself in the past, before forgetting his name. Therefore, Haku want to keep Chihiro safe from the sustained bathhouse.
3. How does Chihiro change by the end of the story?
Chihiro was timid and very passive to adopting the new as we can see at the beginning of the movie. However, after the adventure in the spirited world, she became brave and not afraid of adapting herself to unfamiliar environments, also overcoming the loneliness.
4. wirte a opinion of spirited away
I watched this movie when i was young, so it is my second time to watch Spirited Away. At this time, i can notice the symbols and the deeper messages that the movie sent. the movie criticized the problems of the current society through various metaphors and i was really touched. It became one of my favorite movies.