Grave Of The Fireflies Movie Analysis

Grave of the Fireflies was outstanding, eye opening, movie showing the struggles of two orphan children living in japan during World War II. The two orphans in the movie are Sieta and Setsuko. Both these children live in japan with their mother while there dad is a commander of a Japanese ship. As this family is living you watch as they constantly struggle for food and shelter as U.S. bombs drop on towns everywhere and just about every day. The mother was at a shelter during a raid and was severely burned. She later died leaving the children to their grandma. There grandma was very strict and cruel to the children. The grandma was rude to the children. They had just lost their mother there was no need to be like that. They stole and did whatever they could to find food. During the war food such as rice was scare and very hard to find. Setsuko and Sieta finally left there grandmas after they couldn't withstand the abuse any longer. The children were really resourceful and found and old mine to live in. The old mine would be a pretty cool place to live in. As times became tough they children got sick Sieta was a very young girl and wasn't able to live without food like her older brother. He did what he could but it wasn't enough. She died in the mines they lived in from lack of nourishment. This was the
This movie was eye-opening and amazing as it showed the cruelty of war. Grave of the Fireflies pointed out how devoted the Japanese people war to the war and the war effort. Anyone who loves anime, sad, heart wrenching, and emotional movies would love to see this. This is a movie but not just any movie it has a specific design choice of making it anime and not actors. An example of emotional appeal was when Setsuko was beaten by a farmer because he was stealing food for his little sitter. This really makes you stop and think how bad war is and why it should be avert by all possible