Mermaid

 Setting

The setting is placed in a country far away where thinking on your will is prohibited and would be punished. I think it is set somewhere in the 20th century where democracy and communism were the two main political ideas and the boy was born in a commuist country where they control things people see and do.

Conflict

The conflict was between the boy and the country. The boy had a thought of having seen a mermaid but the country, in this case the government didn't want the boy to have free thought and decided to punish him and brainwash him into being a puppet for the government.

Symbol

I think the mermaid was the symbol and was representing freedom in general.

Irony

The country did everything they could to stop the boy to think freely but in the end the boy was still able to have free thoughts.

Climax

The boy had to release the fish meaning he had to give up freedom but he couldn't so he went into the ocean to see the free world. I felt like he committed suicide in order to protest against the controlled society.

Theme

Freedom and individuality.

My thoughts

I like politics and thought that the two parties in the video kind of represent the battle between democracy and communism. Even though we live in a democratic country things we see on media are probably always censored so you all need to be careful on what you see and hear. Don't forget that you all have the power to think.