Setting:
Small house in the country side
Surrounded by fields and forest
Modern day
Conflict:
Protagonist vs Himself
Climax:
The girl runs away after seeing the clockwork bird which the protagonist made for her.
Symbol:
Bird- nature/norms
House- protagonist’s mental cage
Forests- Outer world/society
Clock- routined everyday life
Irony:
Protagonist creeps out the girl even though he was trying to please her with all his abilities.
Theme:
The film depicts a boy who lives inside a house with his clockwork family; who is isolated from the society, and stuck inside his own fanatical imagination.
The girl appears as a representation of humanity. She moves in a smooth way, in contrast to the machinery way the boy moves.
The movie conveys that it is wrong to be secluded inside one’s mind. More so than that, it is wrong to force one’s preference to others.
We all are the boy in some ways; we all have our own unique mindset and is easy to be secluded. Therefore it is important to remember that, so that we don’t disgust others just like the boy disgusted the girl.
