The Lost Things 失物招领

Contents Abstract 2 Introduction 3 A The Main Idea of the Lost Thing 3 B The General Introduction to the Social Phenomena in the Film 3 The Causes of the Social Phenomena 4 A Analyse the Objective Factors 4 B Unveil the Inner Side of Human 4 The Manifestations of the Social Phenomena 5 A Display the Changes of Many Things 5 B State the Desire for Money and Power 5 The Effects of the Social Phenomena 6 A Look into the Influences on the Society 6 B Disclose the Loneliness in People s Inner Side 6 Conclusion 7 A The Changes of the Society 7 B The Changes of the People 7 Notes 9 Bibliography 10 Acknowledgements 11 XXXX 学院本科论文 设计 1 Abstract The Lost Thing is a 15 minute animated short film based on the highly acclaimed picture book by multi award winning author and illustrator Shaun Tan It s mainly about a boy who discovers a bizarre looking creature while out collecting bottle tops at the beach Having guessed it is lost he tries to find out who owns it or where it belongs but is met with indifference from everyone else who barely notice its presence each unwilling to entertain this uninvited interruption to their day to day lives At last he found a place for it This paper will focus on the Social Phenomena in this film Through some details people can see the indifferent alone and selfish in their inner minds To some extend they are lost Key words industrialization lost loneliness life 摘要 摘要 失物招领 是一部 15 分钟长的动画短片 它是基于华裔漫画家陈志 勇的同名绘本 影片主要讲述了一个喜欢搜集瓶盖的男孩在沙滩上发现了一个 没人要的 东西 一个寂寞的 奇怪的生命体 男孩认为这个东西肯定是走失 了 就决定帮助它找到属于它的地方 在寻找的过程中 小男孩看到人们眼中 的冷漠 当他们走在街上 甚至没有人注意到这样一个奇怪的东西从他们身边 走过 几经周折之后 男孩把这个东西送到了一个它们的聚集地 本文主要研 究影片中折射的社会现象 通过一些细节 反映出工业社会人们内心的冷漠 孤独和自私 从某种程度上讲 他们都迷失了 关键词关键词 工业化 迷失 孤独 生活 XXXX 学院本科论文 设计 2 On the Social Phenomena in the Best Animated Short Film of the Lost Thing Introduction A The Main Idea of the Lost Thing The Lost Thing is a 15 minute animated short film based on the highly acclaimed picture book by multi award winning author and illustrator Shaun Tan It s mainly about a boy who discovers a bizarre looking creature while out collecting bottle tops at the beach Having guessed it is lost he tries to find out who owns it and where it belongs but met with indifference from everyone else who barely notice its presence each unwilling to entertain this uninvited interruption to their day to day lives For reasons the boy does not explain he empathizes with the creature and sets out to find a place for it As he is looking for the creature s owner he meets by a person who gives him a business card with a weird sign on it After searching much of the city for the sign the boy is able to find the sign and return the creature although he was unable to say whether the creature really belonged there It s just 15 minutes long but the influences are quite deep People are thinking that whether they are lost too They want to find who they are why they don t happy and that s what I want to find too B The General Introduction to the Social Phenomena in the Film In the quick developed society because of modernism and industrialization people become indifferent alone and selfish They care about nothing except the wealth and power They lost the original precious characters and directions when they pursue the wealth and power The world is full of competitions which can bring opportunities and social positions to the right one Everyone is too busy doing other staffs but find their real happiness What is happiness in their inner world Have a lot of money Or have a high social status Or have a big house Or live in a beautiful world Everyone must have their own understanding In this film the boy said Something with the weird sad lost sort of look I see that kind of things less and less these days maybe there aren t many lost things around anymore or maybe I ve just stopped noticing XXXX 学院本科论文 设计 3 them Too busy doing other staffs No matter how rich the world is there are still many unfortunate people or things Some can see them some can not see them and some refuse to see them But the fact is that these unfortunate people or things are still in the world as well The Causes of the Social Phenomena A Analyze the Objective Factors Recession war criminal terrorism often happens in this world In 2001 9 11 Incident in 2003 The Iraq war in 2006 the American financial crisis Even though the themes of our times are peace and development it is still not peaceful somehow Urbanization has become a global trend And it is the common rule in the development of every country s economy and society It is the inevitable situation in economy with the industry Basing on the analysis about the actuality of city development in Chinese and in the world this paper thinks that it takes on important practical sense to study on urban sustainable development Urbanization symbolize that the society is improving people have more money in their pockets now But just as every corn have two sides some bad influences change the world secretly B Unveil the Inner Side of Human Due to the great international background people have lost the sense of security and feel the shadow of fear As H L Mencken said here was the very heart of industrial America the center of its most lucrative and characteristic activity the boast and pride of the richest and grandest nation ever seen on earth and here was a scene so dreadfully hideous so intolerably bleak and forlorn than it reduced the whole aspiration of man to a macabre and depressing joke 1 Here is something that the psychologists have so far neglected the love of ugliness for its own sake the lust to make the world intolerable Out of the melting pot emerges a race which hates beauty as it hates truth The etiology of this madness deserves a great deal more study than it has got There must be causes behind it it arises and flourishes in obedience to biological laws and not as a mere act of God 2 The Libido for the Ugly Advanced English Book 2 Industries make the world improve quickly change they world greatly People are so proud of the big achievements which they make during several decades But just in the several decades people are changed They don t lack XXXX 学院本科论文 设计 4 of money but the beautiful characters The Manifestations of the Social Phenomena A Display the Changes of Many Things There are many machines like electric generator voltage there are many inventions like television telephone Science and technology have come to pervade every aspect of our lives and as a result society is changing at a speed which is quite unprecedented Among these machines and inventions Internet is the most powerful one which changes the world mostly And it still keeps changing Nowadays people enjoy these good things they think it s quite good for their lives The pace of life becomes faster than before and everything changes so fast Internet for example most people love it Films ads and other information can find on it They can buy anything in the Internet and it s easy to do that nobody wants to find the trouble for them They enjoy this nice invention At the same time skyscrapers can be seen everywhere it still a symbol for the improvement of this world In the old times how can people imagine live in the 100 floor high building but now they are all come true People think it s manifestation of our society they are proud of these big achievements B State the Desire for Money and Power Because of the quick developed world people changes with the world People often use American dream to encourage themselves that nothing is impossible if you try harder For the meaning of American dream McMillan dictionary expresses that the idea that the US is a place where anyone can become successful if they work hard enough 3 They become unsatisfied with their lives They want more to fit the world They pursue the power money and positions People no longer simple they become complicated Once they can t get what they want they try every mean to reach it People become the slave of money and power They want more and more The worship of money is generally admits by more people In order to get more money people stop at nothing to get as much money as possible as if money is everything Money worship is a money driven underbelly of ideological and moral values and that the money is everything Yet the growth of business and industry also widened the gulf between the rich and poor XXXX 学院本科论文 设计 5 The Effects of the Social Phenomena A Look into the Influences on the Society The world is changing no matter it gets good or bad everyone must admit it so people s minds have to change with it With a computer people can buy what they want on line they don t have to buy things in the market or wait in line to pay for the goods Because of the Internet in effect eliminates scarcity in the medium On the other hand it suggests that people lost their own imaginations they depend on the computer and that is not a good thing Modern skyscrapers begin to appear in the city taking away much of the ancient charm and mystery which is considered as a great pity by many people Maybe it is really good to live high in the building watching the people high upon them just like a King or Queen Or may just like a fool We ll all be left with all the tacky kind of concrete and whatever that s left behind When walking on the street skyscrapers become an especial scene that someone may wonder how could they look exactly the same Obviously if there are architects of any professional sense or dignity in the region they would have design the houses according to the geographical positions B Disclose the Loneliness in People s Inner Side People are lost They are wondering who they are What are they doing for They just like a machine doing the same thing according to the orders They are alone they don t know what to say Nobody cares for others More problems occur in their life and it makes them unhappy Even though they are rich enough to buy a big building or even a city But it does not matter that s none with happiness System law and the marriage are human for fear of loneliness and make choice of the helpless They can make humans have the survival of courage but not eliminate the enslavement and numb life lies And this anger is a full offensive and joy of strength instead of resentment and revenge of the product Mutual love equality is the basic motive force human progress While business technology management is obtain happiness life tools The world is lifeless nothing can interest the people They just like lost their feelings only a few people know that they lost nothing but themselves XXXX 学院本科论文 设计 6 Conclusion A The Changes of the Society The world is changing and everything is no longer single The biggest paradoxical modern society lies in that when we realize the modern society s ills we are already without it The desire in through others see themselves we will find that their souls cannot control the physical needs Sharp social industrialization and urbanization at each level more or less have significant changes and produce a variety of social problems as well From the perspective of social development the social development process is somewhat universal problems Therefore both past and present with the economic development the influences of moral standards are our eternal reflection of things But since the relationship become continuous friction and conflict the world still bad impressed With the development of science technology and society the market environment has changed tremendously during the past years The relationship between man and society has become more complex people no longer are the society s host they just like passages living on the earth As for the alienation Marx defines who put it the rule of the thing to work in the death of the rule live on labor The rule of products B The Changes of the People Therefore someone says leave this cold city far away from this weird world to find a real jungle a warm smile at a distance of life on the way To the position to the salary to the boss to the girlfriend forget all of these just smile starting form tomorrow facing the ocean looking at the flowers at every spring But it s easy to say but hard to do No one hand people feel lost and a deep feeling of injustice is spreading across large swaths of society They always feel that the world owed them too much injustice On the other hand they become greedy they want to gasp every opportunity to get power money They are no longer hospital instead all the things can be seen are many kinds of indifferent appearances Even though The Lost Thing is just a 15 minute animated short film people can see that it is of significance It just gives people a warning that the changing world and the changing people As John Connolly writes in his book It was your own strength and courage that brought you at last to an understanding of your place in this world and your own 4 It worth XXXX 学院本科论文 设计 7 thinking that who am I What are we live for Maybe when think these two questions clearly people will not feel lost any more XXXX 学院本科论文 设计 8 Notes 1 H L Mencken Advanced E