Setting: once upon a time in Japan
conflict: a boy against himself, a boy against the society
climax: finally he started to see the fish as fish, not a mermaid
symbols: mermaid reperesents freedom of imagination
sea represents where everything is recieved
irony: the boy forgot the mermaid
theme: it is important to respect someone's imagination, especially children's.
i think that we should not be forced to thinik in particular way by social.