... opening scene, like Migrant Hostel, institutes a sense of alienation by establishing the protagonist Chihiro's aversion to change shown through the quote "I liked my old school." Once inside the new world, she is referred to as a "human" in a derogatory (insulting) tone ... and the quote "this is certainly no place for humans" is employed to hyperbolize the alienation undergone by migrants. Miyazaki employs the extended metaphor ... the lighting is at its brightest, reflecting the shift in moods undergone from discovering acceptance. This light motif is utilized yet again in the quote ...

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... of truth. Firstly, in the beginning of the film, it introduced with a military style drumming combined with the banjo in the beginning which appealing to the heartland of America with a quote: "Why does the dog wag its tail? Because a dog is smarter than its tail. If the tail were smarter, the tail would wag the dog" This metaphor used ... ...

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