1. The Nature of Belonging
... Skryencki then paints the powerful image of rejection using the identifiable image of a barrier because of its authoritarian implications, using the barrier as a simile for a pointing finger "and it rose up and down like a pointing finger" to capture the alienation experienced by migrants as outsiders, not accepted as part of a wider community. Thereby, Skyrnecki concludes that cultural connections are ... belonging. This visual imagery is strengthened through the use of lighting: when Chihiro first enters the spirit world and there is no bridge, the light changes to a dark background, ...
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- Grade Level: Graduate