Setting:
After W.W.2 in Japan
around the sea
Conflict:
a boy versus society and government
Climax:
a boy became a mermaid and disappeared into the sea with a mermaid girl
Irony:
Although the boy got along with the mermaid, no one except him could see her.
Symbol:
the see...freedom, future, hope
mermaid...something that we don't have now but hope to have in the future
people...desire, prejudice, common sense, public opinion, something that we think it is natural that we know or have
Theme:
something we take for granted is not always a right answer
Characters:
a boy
a marmeid girl
his parents
police
public people
