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Speaking of "animation master" Hayao Miyazaki, "Spirited Away" is naturally a classic worth talking about, and when it comes to "Spirited Away", we have to mention the classic character in it - the faceless man.
Spirited Away is an animated film directed and written by Hayao Miyazaki, voiced by Miyazaki, Yutaka Irino, Akio Nakamura, and Makoto Natsuki, and produced by Studio Ghibli.
In 2001, "Spirited Away" was released in Japan and won the Best Animated Feature Film Award at the 75th Academy Awards and the Golden Bear Award, the highest honor of the 52nd Berlin Film Festival, and won the first place in the total box office in Japan.
18 years later, this fantasy work has emerged on the big screen in China, with a Douban score of 9.3, and this classic of Miyazaki has once again set off a hot discussion.
The film tells the story of the young girl Chihiro on the way to move with her parents, through a tunnel, mistakenly into the "world of the gods", the parents attracted by the food in the "world of the gods" after a lot of food became pigs, in order to save their parents, Chihiro chose to stay in the "world of the gods", adapt to the rules of survival here, work here, experience the grind of growth, and finally successfully rescue the warm story of her parents.
As a classic of Miyazaki, "Spirited Away" has left an indelible mark on the hearts of audiences, not only because it is a simple coming-of-age story, not only because of the magnificent world in it, but because in Spirited Away, Miyazaki has created too many classic characters for us.
Money-oriented Mother-in-law Tang is Miyazaki's re-creation of real-life capitalists, and the image of Grandma Tang hides the denunciation and helplessness of capitalists; the brave and fearless Chihiro is Miyazaki's re-creation of people in distress in real life, and Chihiro's image contains hopes and expectations for people in distress; the faceless man who is lonely and inferior is Miyazaki's re-creation of ordinary people in real life, and the image of the faceless man hides the realism of ordinary people in real life.
Under Miyazaki's bold imagination, these classic characters have left a deep impression on the hearts of the audience, and the faceless man represented by ordinary people is more likely to resonate with us, and his body has the most authentic personality characteristics of ordinary people: ordinary family birth, ordinary appearance image, inconspicuous existence, and these lead to various psychology: inferiority and loneliness, extreme lack of love, lack of presence and so on.
In the film, the image of the faceless man is ethereal, single-shadowed, and unremarkable, so he has become the most talked about role in "Spirited Away", because he is lonely and inferior, which is an interpretation of the 3 types of personality in real life.
The inconspicuous sense of loneliness created his inferiority and cowardly heart, so that he represented the "inferiority type" personality; conjured up a lot of gold, made a big fuss in the "oil house", just to get Chihiro's eyes, and finally forgot his own kind heart, so that he echoed the "flattering" personality; he was kind, but because of the needs of the heart, he gradually embarked on the evil road, lost himself, and became a "monster" who ate people, so he implicitly reflected the "lost type" personality.
Based on the plot of the film, this article explores the "inferiority type", "flattering type" and "lost type" of the faceless man, these three personalities, and reflects on their practical significance.
"Inferiority type": A lonely soul without a sense of existence, which creates an inferior and cowardly heart
"Flattering type": In order to fill the inner gap, blindly please others and even forget the original intention
"Lost type": the bottomless pursuit of a certain satisfaction, gradually lost in self on the road of no return
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >01 "Inferiority type": A lonely soul without a sense of existence, creating an inferior and cowardly heart</h1>
"Inferiority complex" personality refers to a psychological phenomenon that arises due to one or more defects or deficiencies, which may be due to the outside or the inside, mostly caused by the low attention of the surrounding environment.
In the film, as a representative of loneliness, the faceless man is a typical "inferiority type" personality, which is inseparable from the background and encounter of his character image.
The faceless man appears in the audience's line of sight when Chihiro is pulled by the white dragon and walks over the bridge, when he stands on the bridge leading to the "oil house", with a vague face, a lonely figure with a single shadow, and a hollow and powerless dull gaze, so that he seems to be incompatible with the "world of gods".
Because the people who pass by the bridge are all "rich people" who go to the "oil house" to consume, they wear gorgeous costumes, their behavior is bold and exaggerated, and they vividly interpret the "rich people" and "arrogance" to the fullest. In such a group of people, the image of the faceless man seems to be more likely to attract our attention, but such a person has no sense of existence in the magnificent "world of the gods" in the film.
No one has paid attention to his existence, no one has cared about his behavior, no one knows where he came from, even in the eyes of everyone, he is a "monster", he can not integrate into his own environment, he is afraid in his heart, watching the people around him come and go, but he can only be alone in the corner, such a situation deepens his inner sense of inferiority, and the indifference and misunderstanding of him around him is a great amplification of his inferiority and cowardice.
Spinoza once said that the greatest pride and the greatest inferiority both indicate the weakest weakness of the heart.
Such a faceless man is weak and powerless in his heart, a lonely soul with no sense of existence, so that he goes farther and farther on the road of inferiority, so he will become a promise and dare not go near everyone, until the appearance of Chihiro, only to give him some warmth to his inferiority.
In the film, the faceless man without a sense of existence, extremely inferior and cowardly in his heart, he is afraid of approaching the crowd, worried about being indifferent, afraid that no one cares, this psychology is the best interpretation of the "inferiority type" personality.
What are the common manifestations of "inferiority type"?
First, the ambivalence of being afraid to fit into the crowd but eager to be noticed.
People with "inferiority complex" personality usually feel that they are "inferior", and they are extremely afraid of integrating into the crowd, they are afraid of being pointed out in the crowd, they are afraid of hearing others say that they are not, but they also long to be paid attention to in their hearts.
This ambivalent psychology is the most basic manifestation of the "inferiority type" personality, just like in the crowd, afraid of becoming the focus, but also eager to become the focus, because the inferiority makes them afraid, but the psychology of inferiority also longs for the affirmation and eyes of others.
Second, in order to seek a sense of existence, the degree of inferiority is deepened.
People with "inferiority type" personality, the heart is extremely lacking in the "sense of existence", they feel that the people around them have never paid attention to them, the people around them never care about them, feel that they are inferior to the people around them, in the psychological range of inferiority, they begin to seek a sense of existence.
But the more they desire to have a sense of existence, the more they will feel that they have no sense of existence, and this "vicious cycle" psychological model deepens their inferiority complex.
In the end, the inside is extremely fragile, and a little change in the outside world is enough to shake his world.
People with "inferiority complex" personality are extremely fragile inside, although they do not say it on their lips, it seems normal to look like it, but in fact, they are extremely insecure in their hearts, there is no little barrier, and a little warmth and words from the outside world may shake their world.
The spit or misunderstanding of the people around them will make their world "collapse", and the warmth around them is enough to make them grateful, just like the faceless man, his "inferior" personality When he feels the warmth brought by Chihiro, he begins to find ways to get close to her.
The "inferiority type" personality makes the faceless man go farther and farther on the road of loneliness, fortunately, he met the kind Chihiro, it is Chihiro who found the reason for the inferiority of the faceless man, because there is no sense of existence, so that he can not find his own value, and finally followed Chihiro to qian's mother-in-law, the faceless man found his own value, it is Chihiro who healed this lonely inferior person with love and kindness.
As Bi Shumin once said:
The emergence of inferiority is not terrible, as long as the inferiority is put on the table, find out the causes and manifestations of inferiority, and face it calmly, the inferiority will become a paper tiger, and it will be broken by a poke.
"Inferiority type" personality is not terrible, as long as the cause and performance of inferiority are found, and then calmly faced, inferiority will also be self-destructive, this is the film to the inferiority of the faceless man for us to show the real life of the "inferiority type" personality, they may have no sense of existence, may be lonely, may have no direction in life, thus more and more inferiority, but the film to the final destination of the faceless man tells us: as long as we find self-worth, people with inferiority can also find the meaning of life.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >02 "flattering type": In order to fill the inner gap, blindly please others and forget the original intention</h1>
The "flattering type" is one of Satya's survival postures, characterized by a great concern for the situation of others, but not caring about oneself at all, often appearing in a pleasant guise, and thus being highly accepted in most cultures and families.
The "flattering" personality, on the other hand, is often self-sacrificing in order to make others reach a pleasant state, seeking the eyes or expectations of others with a low attitude and behavior.
Psychologist Susan Newman points out that the flatterer lives in the expectations of others, constantly chasing the approval of others, and they are willing to do anything for this purpose.
They always put the needs of others before themselves, and even if the other party's requirements are unreasonable, they will be hard to meet.
In "Spirited Away", after the faceless man enters the "oil house", he becomes such a "flattering" personality, because he longs for warmth in his heart, and that little vacancy is only given to him by the kind Chihiro.
In order to get Chihiro's attention, he concocts a lot of gold in the "oil house", and then eats and drinks here, hoping to attract Chihiro's eyes, but the innocent and kind Chihiro is not interested in money at all, and she is bent on saving the white dragon, so she does not pay attention to him at all.
Everyone else in the "Oil House" ran over, and the faceless man who blindly wanted to please Chihiro found out that Chihiro had not come, so he began to forget his original intention, in order to get close to the kind Chihiro, in the "Oil House" he began to "eat people", hoping to attract Chihiro through this extreme way.
In order to get Chihiro's care, in order to get Chihiro's warmth, the faceless man played the "flattering" personality to the fullest, in order to get Chihiro's recognition and eyes, he kept chasing, constantly working hard, until he forgot that he was not a bad person, in the "oil house", he became a real "monster" who "eats people".
The "flattering" personality is to fill the gap in his heart, it may be inferiority, it may be warmth, it may be happiness, the faceless man is more eager for this warmth after feeling the warmth given by Chihiro, so he blindly pleases Chihiro, hoping to get more attention and warmth from her.
Blindly please, blindly strive, forget that their own nature is not bad, forget that they want to be close to goodness, turn themselves into a thorough "monster", no doubt, this is the film through the faceless man's encounter, the "flattering" personality will appear a result of the show, and such a "flattering" he did not achieve what he wanted, but lost the original self.
Fortunately, in the film, Miyazaki made up for the consequences of the faceless man's "flattering type" with his warm ending, Chihiro finally gave him the pill given to him by the river god, and rescued the faceless man who became bad, but in reality, not all "flattering" faceless men can meet the kind Chihiro, and the film is to warn us with the encounter of the faceless man on the road of "flattering type": keep the original intention, do not become a "monster" because of blind flattery.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >03 "Lost Type": The bottomless pursuit of some kind of satisfaction, gradually losing oneself on the road of no return</h1>
Yu Hua said: While we are mourning, we are burning non-stop. As I walk, I often forget myself.
The faceless man appears in a mournful image and then keeps trying non-stop to find inner satisfaction. At the beginning, when he first felt the warmth and kindness from Chihiro, he began to fascinate this different feeling and liked the sense of existence that was cared for.
When Chihiro said to the faceless man in the rain outside the "oil house", "It's raining, aren't you afraid of getting wet?" Come on in! "Then I won't close the door!" At that time, the faceless man probably heard care and care for the first time, and this feeling of being cared for and being cared for aroused his inner desire for warmth, so he entered the "oil house" in order to get the satisfaction of warmth, and began to pursue Chihiro's views and expectations of himself without a bottom line, which also made him gradually lose himself, and gradually lost himself on the road of pursuing inner satisfaction.
In the "oil house", the faceless man began to use money to seduce chihiro in order to make Chihiro notice himself, in order to satisfy his inner desire for warmth, but Chihiro was not such a person who saw money in his eyes, so he began to embark on a road of no return because of his mourning, and began to sabotage here, and even "eat people".
The faceless man with the "lost type" personality has lost his direction, lost his life, and lost his original good self on the road to pursuing satisfaction, of course, in Miyazaki's warm ending, the film finally found a filling for the faceless man's "lost type" personality.
After being rescued by Chihiro, he follows her to Grandma Qian, where he becomes Grandma Qian's helper and finds the meaning of his life.
Desidius Erasmus once said that when a man becomes himself, he reaches the peak of happiness.
The "lost" faceless man finally found himself, the self who can create happiness by his own hands, the one who is no longer inferior and lonely, no longer pleasing others, and no longer lost himself, this is the warm ending of the film to the faceless man, and it is also a voiceover for the audience: losing oneself on the road of life is not terrible, as long as you find yourself, realize value, life is just as meaningful.
Rousseau once said: The value of life is determined by oneself.
The life value of the "lost" personality is also determined by itself, even if it has been lost because of some pursuits, but as long as you try to find the meaning of life and find your own value, everyone is unique, even if it is a person who has lost himself.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >04 Conclusion:</h1>
In "Spirited Away", the character of the faceless man is undoubtedly the most ordinary person's realism in life, and his shortcomings and advantages are also the most authentic expressions, and his inferiority and cowardice, flattery, and self-loss in the "oil house" are also the real problems that each of us may encounter.
The film fills in the influence of the faceless man's "inferiority type", "flattering type" and "lost type" personality with a warm ending, and in real life, how do we rescue people with these 3 types of personality?
Based on the refraction of the film, this article summarizes the enlightenment and thinking about 3 personalities:
1. Give affirmation and let the "inferiority type" personality find self-worth
What the "inferiority type" personality lacks is self-confidence, is doubtful of self-worth, so they will feel that they have no sense of existence, which makes their hearts desperately desire to be recognized.
"Sense of identity" and "sense of existence" have become his continuous pursuit, as long as he is given more affirmation, "inferiority type" people will slowly find self-confidence, find their own direction, and realize self-worth.
2. Treat equally and let the "flattering" personality feel that the self exists
The "flattering" personality arises because they have been treated unfairly or have encountered psychological inequality, so they will lower their identity, let go of their own body, and then go to please others.
However, on the way to please others, you may gradually lose your original appearance, forget the original intention of being kind, and even take the evil road to lose yourself and spend your life.
Let the "flattering" personality feel treated equally, and their self-existent psychology will be comforted, just like the faceless man, no one in the "oil house" treats him equally, and even treats him as a "monster" causing him to start pleasing when he feels Chihiro's warm kindness.
3. Pull back to the regular, so that the "lost" personality can redeem itself
After the faceless man lost himself, Chihiro gave him the medicine that the river god gave him, and the faceless man changed back to his former self, the one who did not enter the "oil house".
"Lost" people may be every one of us in life, there will always be mistakes on the road of life, but not everyone will have Chihiro around them, so we must strive to become our own Chihiro, but also become the "faceless man" around chihiro, pull the lost them back on the right track, they can finally get redeemed.
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