Chapter 12- Is That a Symbol?
- Allegory
-Caves
-Rivers
-Actions
Outcome= A deeper meaning between the direct words or objects presented.
The Lego Movie (Phil Lord 2014), The Matrix (Lana Wachowski 1999), Spirited Away (Hayao Miazaki 2001), 1984 (Michael Radford 1985), Fight Club (David Fincher 1999)
The Lego Movie- This movie depicts symbolism, along with allegory, as the “special one”, in this case the main character Emmet, has to defeat the evil “Lord Business. This was all to be done with the weapon “Kragle” with the help of a “Piece of Resistance” of which Emmet finds on accident at work. As the plot plays out, soon viewers find out that the actual world is not of the lego people, but that of humans, in which a boy is controlling these characters. “Kragle” is actually Krazy Glue, which the boy in real life disliked, as his father would glue lego pieces permanently in place. At the end, the boy's father realizes that glueing the legos in place inhibits his son's creativity, allowing for the son to finish Emmet’s journey as “special one”, bringing down “Lord Business”. The point of The Lego Movie, is to Allude through the story of the lego people, that creativity was being blocked in the real world. Without the freedom of creativity, the boy could not finish Emmet’s story.
