In Spirited Away, the character No Face was very
interesting. He represented many aspects of our daily life, covered by a mask
of deception. When I first saw this movie, it was at the age of nine or ten. To
a child at that age, the movie seems very frightening because of the character
No Face. He can’t speak, is invisible at times, follows Chihiro around, and
swallows the employees because of the greed they persist.
No Face is a perfect example of a greedy shadow
following all of us around, because no matter how charitable we might be, there
is always something we cannot resist. Greed is a common shadow that can swallow
us into a big black hole if it’s not stopped. A child at that age might just
think that taking something from a stranger will result in being swallowed at
night by a big monster. To an adult, if we don't control our greed, it can make
us selfish and bitter to people around, we will be lost in our shadow of
greediness. Greed does not talk; it
cannot be stopped because we all lack the effort to control it, especially in
the case of competition. When adults
compete for a position at a job, or in any competition, their greed resurfaces
by doing cruel task, saying bitter words to each other. Greed wears a mask and
is invisible at times because we want to control it in our daily lives.
If many
of us cannot control our greed, the world would be in a situation of war and
combat every day; there will be no rest, no peace. It wears a mask because
sometimes our greed can be unnoticeable to us and others. Humans have infinity
wants every day, we are not satisfied with what we’ve got and always want
things we don’t need. Therefore No Face creates a frightening image not only to
children, but to adults as well.
