Prospero the Enchanter one of the
main characters and a powerful magician treats his very own blood like a doll
and a military soldier in terms of his merciless and cruel ways of training her
to be a great and powerful wizard not as a proud father but more like a master
with his pawns. The overall treatment of the kids from the adults are that kids’
social status is the same as a stepping stool and are like pawns in a game of
chess whose only chance of survival is turning into a queen who has almost all
power. The kids are not treated with
care and gentleness and more like soldiers preparing for battle. The father Hector
Bowen also known as Prospero the Enchanter does not treat Celia like his own
blood but as an accessory that is only for looks and denies her to socialized
with almost any other humans and instead gives her merciless lessons on life or
death situations.
The man in the grey suit with no
real name and distinct look also treats his orphan apprentice not like a son
but as solely a student without giving him a name. The boy had to make up his
own name and goes by as Marco. He is isolated at a very young age from the
world no human contact or relationship not even with his master in the grey
suit. There is no morality or modern humanity towards the kids in the novel but
more on the survival of the fittest or in this case the more powerful magician
wins. There is no concern for the safety and the innocence of the children very
similar to the human history when the safety of the children were compromised
by many diseases, unfair labor wages, and violence. Seems like the kids have
their destinies force upon them and their fates are intertwined. Isobel and Marco
like Romeo and Juliet.
The main characters Marco and Celia are kids
who are nothing more than puppets on strings for their masters who don’t even
see them as living breathing people but as weapons for their so call battle
that hints that both of them, Marco and Celia, will not only be seriously
injured but one of them will die in order for there to be a winner. That the
two kids Marco and Celia who get along and could be more than just friends have
to fight each other for the sake of their masters’ egos and pride as magicians.
So far it seems the kids are strong and very mature for their age as they put
up with their own unique versions of isolations and boot camp for magicians.
“Time Bandit” of how the kid, Kevin, has the common sense
and morality and more idealistic where, as the adults is corrupted and
materialistic. It seems so bizarre that they killed off the parents thinking
that this could be a happy ending when the boy just became an orphan. It seems
that the adults are really irresponsible and neglectful of their child where
the parents’ priority is to get more advance technology to beat other adults
and that they would go into their fire burning home to save a kitchenware as if
it were their child. This does reflect our society in America especially the
time of the 1950 where the person with the latest product has the higher social
status. This reminds me of another movie Matilda 1996 of how a kid who has not
been corrupted by the superficial greed of her society seeks books to expand
her knowledge and finds learning necessary. The kids are like the symbol of
purity, hope and righteous. There is a lack of role model for the Kevin who
seems to have a lack of decent role models in his life and has found his ideal
role model with King Aganemnon, who also was not greedy for wealth or absolute
power but more concern with knowledge and his role as king for his people.
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