A Dog’s Story

In recent years, the film “Hachiko—A Dog’s Story” has been very popular. It is mainly about an impressive story between a loyal dog and a professor. As far I am concerned, there are many things we can learn from the film.

To begin with, I believe that most people who have watched this film were moved by the dog’s loyalty. The dog has waited for his owner for a lifetime and hid loyal behavior has taught us never forget anyone we loved—the meaning of loyalty. We can learn that we should try to get along with each other with true affection and never betray in an intimated relationship so that we can strengthen our relationship and understand each other better. And we should believe that there is still a true affection in the world. Like my parents told me, treat every person the same, even your enemies. Jesus also told us to love our enemies. Everyone lives only one life, however you treat others, you will end in death, so why not be a nice person and make the world proud of your existence?

Another thing we can learn from the film is to value what we have. In other words, we should learn to count our fortunes. What we own is always unique and cannot be replaced by others, so we have to value what we have. As the saying goes, “Tree prefers calm while wind not subsides; Son chooses filial while parents died”. We should never be regretful until losing.

Finally, we should learn to treat our pets well because they are also our friends and even our family members. The meaning is not deep, but the reflection of the dog is people that are always around us and with us, but we realizes their importance only when we lose them. Here is a sentence from one of my favorite song Let Her Go: "Only know you love her when you let her go."

Spirited Away by My Favorite Japanese Cartoonist

        Whenever people talk about the famous cartoonist Hayao Miyazaki , I will talk about his films. I've seen his well-known animation " Spirited Away" when I was in third grade, but I just thought this is a good cartoon. I was over-whelmed by all the strange creatures but had no other special feeling.        
This year, I saw the movie again. I felt that the scenes were not as unbelievable as I thought when I was a kid, but I noticed more about the relationships between characters. I thought the two protagonists are just lovers, but this time I recognized the power of support from people that is like you. In this movie, the girl Chihiro accidentally got into another world, and Haku is the only "human-like" person in this town. It makes me think of my life in America. My parents always tell me to make more American friends, but sometimes I find that people that are like me give me more support.        
 Later, I found the name of the movie is very profound meaning . The movie is called "Spirited Away " because the wicked old woman changed Chihiro' s name to Sen, and later, by Chihiro and White Dragon(Haku)'s dialogue, I know that once Chihiro forget her  name, just like White Dragon, she cannot return to the original world. This reflects the importance of our names due to their duty of recalling the past.
That day I had a strange idea, assuming that people live in the world without names, the world would be completely different and confusing. Names are symbols of our lives, they are the most basic things that make us unique.

Tiny Time

        Tiny Time is a famous series these days in China, especially among young adults. It is made into films last year during summer break, and I also watched the movies.
The books are about upper-class lives of colleges students in Shanghai, and Shanghai is a busy and material city. All characters in this story are rich except Lin Xiao, who is the narrator of this story. People in this story are all perfectly designed; they have good grades and wear expensive brands. I hate these books at first because talking about luxuries all the time makes me uncomfortable. The first book is about their college lives, innocent and sweet. But their fate twists suddenly at the end of the first book. All bad things that can happen in one's life take place time after time: cheating in relationships, betraying in friendships, and death.
        This series is about "money can solve everything" and "but it does not work sometimes". Gu Li is the most popular character in this story because she is brilliant, good-looking and rich. Though she is rich, she cannot get her dead father back. Readers love her also because she is good at insulting. However, my favorite saying of her is "Love is like sand if there is no material support. There is no need for wind, it will break apart after several steps." My friends always talk about "true love", but to be honest, it only exists before college.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

        Instead of saying Jen is the hidden dragon, Li Mu Bai is actually it. Though everyone knows that Li Mu Bai is the best master of that area, he is not cocky. He never shows off or tries to collect lots of pupils in order to be famous. Knowing what is appropriate to do as a gentleman is his best characteristic that makes him a attractive person. "Hidden" does not mean anonymous, but to maintain your ability to yourself and keeping getting stronger through competition with yourself. Li only fight for righteousness when it is necessary. In another word, he does not use his ability for conquering.

        Although Jen fierce and angry, she is trying to hide her birth and she refuses to enlighten Li Mu Bai about her background. Unlike Li Mu Bai, Jen fight for fun. She follows her free will; however, she is also controlled by her free will. Li Mu Bai is the master not only because of his skills, but only his well controlling of his mind. Jen tries hard to conquer her enemies, but she fails to conquer her own mind. She is too confident in herself of beating Li Mu Bai that she lose the basic respect for the old. Morality is not her killing guideline. But I think it is unfair for her to judge on things she does. She is too young, but she goes too far. Her ability is far beyond her maturity; therefore, she is dangerous. Everything seems easy and simple for her that in her mind, violence is the solution for everything.

        Comparing with Li Mu Bai, Jen is like a tiger facing a dragon. The dragon can easily killed the tiger, but Li chooses to convince her to follow him. Li's desire of teaching Jen is out of surprise and worry. He finally find someone who is young and good enough to be his pupil, but if she is not correctly guided, she will be a threat to Jiang Hu. However, Jen clearly does not want to be limited by him. She thinks Jiang Hu is a game, and she can play it however she wants as long as she is good enough to survive. Arrogance pushes her to look down at everyone else; it also blinds her. Jen also has desire to be love. She does not get enough love from her parents; her parents are blocking her from her life of Jiang Hu. Though she loves Lo, she does not deserve Lo's love.  It is just like inability to control her mind, her love is shaky and temporary. In my opinion, everything will work out fine for her as she grow up, time can cure, but she chooses to jump off the cliff.