Setting: some place where delusion is not allowed
Conflict: boy vs adults
boy insisted that he caught a mermaid, but for adults it looked just a little fish, and adults
did brainwashing to the boy.
Climax: due to the brainwashing, the boy finally forgot the mermaid.
Symbol: mermaid is a symbol of dream
adult is a symbol of power
Irony: boy believed the presence of mermaid but no one trusted him and his thought was forceed to
change
Theme: I thought this movie is about Japan at WW where freedom was almost none