Characters: a boy and a mermaid
Summary: A Boy caught a fish, which became a mermaid afterward. However, his parents and government officers never let the boy see a mermaid. He was imprisoned by the government officers, and was brainwashed so that he could never imagined what he had seen. Brainwashing seemed to have been successful, but in the end the boy and the mermaid got together again and went back to the ocean.
What happens next?: People who saw the boy and the mermaid go back to ocean will realize what the freedom is like and wish for freedom and liberty.
My opinion: The picture "Mermaid" reminds me of the article about North Korean exiles we read in the class last Tuesday. Like North Koreans, the boy in the picture was not allowed to have freedom of speech, thoughts and even imagination. The government controlled the boy. However, in the last scene of the picture, people could see the boy and the mermaid. In my opinion, the last scene of the film implies that people always want to have freedom and go wherever they want. Likewise, I think that there must be plenty of people who wish for freedom and liberty in North Korea.
