Summary
A boy collecting
bottle caps on the beach runs into an animal-liked machine that has been lost.
He tries to find out what she is by asking people, which he doesn’t get clues.
He encounters a dilemma between his willingness to take care of her and his
parents’ negative attitude toward her. When he is at a loss, a TV commercial
encourages him to take her to a place that looks like an office. Following a
small creature’s advice, she successfully comes back to her hometown.
Setting
In
the 19th century, where wars are taken place
Conflict
person
vs. country
Climax
When he made his
decision to help her go back her home instead of following his parents’
suggestion that he should leave her at once
Symbol
The machine
being with the boy → an orphan/debris of war
An announcement
at the beach → alert
A beach ball → A little hope people have during war
People walking in lines →people lacking in
desires in wartime
World composed of animal-liked machines → orphans’
homeland
Irony
A
small creature with a broom at the office implies that the boy shouldn’t leave
the machine there unless he wants to stop considering her .
Theme
Wars
broken out in the past is included in lost memories. Memories and objects are
gradually forgotten as time goes by, however, we’d rather try to keep them in
mind so that we can look back on what events we’ve had so far.
