A mortal, by coincidence, strayed into an illusion, circled around, and returned to the human world.
In Hollywood film dramas, this is called "coming-of-age", which translates to "growing up plot".
Today, we will borrow the upcoming animation "Monster Island" to talk to you about the drama of "growing up plot".
In the West, this kind of story has a subtle educational effect on young and child audiences, trying to guide life in this world.
Its form is mostly fantasy stories or fairy tales.
Write about a teenager, enter the illusion, adventure, and under a thrilling stimulus, grow up, and then return to real life, with the qualities he learned in the illusion, face the difficulties of life.
In the "Harry Potter" series of movies, Harry went from a boy who did not die to seven years of life and death, and the sacrifices of his teachers and friends around him were finally defeated by the wizard whose name could not be mentioned.
Luke in "Star Wars", from a nameless country boy, after a bloody battle adventure, although in the end there is no left hand, no father and no master, but also grew into a powerful Jedi.
Mortals in reality, in another world, have become omnipotent and powerful people who call the wind and rain.
The more difficult the career, the more fearless heroes can be cultivated.
And a cartoon from Mexico, Monster Island, is such a standard "coming-of-age" story.
The little boy Lucas was a mediocre airbag at school.
Once he was bullied by his classmates, and after extreme humiliation and fright, he suddenly turned into a huge orange monster.
At this time, he learned the clues of his own life from his father's mouth.
In order to find his full life, he sailed alone to his true hometown, the legendary monster island: Calvera.
There, in addition to his family, who had never met before, there was a series of demonic dangers waiting for him.
This story, framed in the "coming-of-age" story, is very well-rounded.
The little protagonist, Lucas, is naturally the person who is about to become a hero in the story.
In the real world, he is ordinary and weak, bullied by the big guys in the class, and has a good feeling for beautiful female classmates, but he does not dare to confess.
This is the first motivation for mortals to become heroes, and it is also the first experience they face.
Some of their characteristics are also being reflected in this experience.
In Harry Potter, whether it is Harry's fat and grumpy cousin Dudley or his seven-year nemesis Draco Malfoy, harry is a necessary obstacle before embarking on the road to legend.
As Harry locks Dudley into a snake cabinet in the zoo and beats Malfoy in class with a snakeman's voice, we find out more and more that the boy is unusual.
Similarly, in the experience of the "Novice Village" in the plot of "Monster Island", Lucas's personality began to be shaped.
On the one hand, he was impatient, childish, and as ordinary as all adolescent boys.
But at the same time, he also has the potential to become a hero: witty and righteous, daring to use the experiments in science class to tease and bully the big guys of his classmates.
Finally, at a party, he was teased by the big man and the girl, became the object of ridicule by everyone, and his life fell to the bottom.
When he was ordinary to the dust, the illusion that changed his destiny should also come.
Such a plot point, like Luke in "Star Wars", originally only had a home, but the family was destroyed.
At this time, he meets the reclusive Jedi master Obi-Wan, and his heroic path begins.
And the illusion that the protagonist has to face, although it will make him feel like a fish, is by no means a paradise.
The biggest feature of this environment is that it is very different from the real world, but it also often comes from the real world and contrasts with it.
In Lewis Carroll's fairyland, Alice's dream is completely the opposite of the real world.
Rabbits wear human clothes, and mad hatters love to celebrate "non-birthdays".
But the Peach Queen's foolishness and tyranny, Mr. Rabbit's willingness to be her sneaky and horse-slapping courtier, is not a real-life nerve boss and a in the office.
The same is true of monster island in Monster Island.
An island is full of monsters, but they all follow the human look, dressed in clothes and hats.
They see alien humans as we see monsters, in the same small society.
The boxy rows of houses contrast with the twists and turns of the colorful cityscape in the film's setting.
Lucas, a little monster who is unambitious in the real world, seems to have come to the place where he belongs.
Like a young girl oppressed by her fierce stepfather, she suddenly walked to the labyrinth of Pan Shen.
Although the illusion is good, it will never let the protagonist live comfortably like this.
Since you want to be a hero, you must encounter a fierce enemy.
According to the maxim "Man's greatest enemy is himself", the protagonist's enemies often have common characteristics with himself.
Just like in "Crooked Boy Scott Vs. the World", Scott's last enemy after brushing the five major love enemies is actually the cowardly and hesitant self.
Jokat, a mad scientist on Monster Island, is Lucas's uncle.
As the only human being in this monster family, he wants to become the most powerful monster at all costs due to his inferiority to power.
The starting point of his quest for mutation is the same as Lucas's mutation due to his instantaneous extreme weakness.
It was only out of love and responsibility for his family and justice that he insisted on in his heart that Lucas chose to become a hero.
And Jokat, who grabs his soul for greed, wants to become strong by any means, and eventually he will inevitably suffer the consequences.
The hero is waiting for you to realize, and the surface powerful enemy is waiting for you to defeat.
But a teenager must go through the most important node before the great war to become an invincible hero.
At first, Lucas's transformation was out of his control.
Be frightened and turn into a monster. Choked by water, turn into a monster. Completely in biological stress.
It wasn't until he was mistakenly imprisoned and met his father, who came to look for him, that he decided to go to Jokat's castle to rescue his family.
At this time, in order to gain the strength to defeat the evil man, he actively controlled himself to become a monster for the first time.
The significance of his growth is no different from the evolution of animals to people—from animals with only stress to people with subjective initiative.
When Bruce Banner, the biggest unstable factor in the reunion, said to the US team, "I have been angry", and rushed to the sky after transforming, when Wonder Woman witnessed the moment when her lover disappeared forever in the sky, and the moment when the power of the gods erupted in grief and indignation, the hero was born.
Character building, reach the final step.
At this time, the character passes through one of the most critical plot points, undergoes qualitative changes, and completes the plot goal after completion - defeating the strong enemy, which is a natural thing.
Although this is an (currently) unknown Mexican cartoon, its work has matured and has caught up with Hollywood standards.
For beginners in the screenwriting industry, this "Monster Island", which will be released on September 9, is worth a look.