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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Thoughts on "Mermaid" by Osamu Tezuka

 The main characters of this cartoon are a boy and a fish in a fishbowl (in the boy's perspective, a mermaid). I assume Osamu Tezuka intended this cartoon to be a warning that a nation with restricted ideas and thoughts could lead to the creation of a violent government. I also thought that this cartoon had a similar plot to the novel "1984", which I'm going to write my book report on. The ending is difficult to understand but I think the boy was exiled from the country never to return.

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