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In the short film, Bao, we see Chinese culture used throughout. The mother and creators use Chinese food and music to add to the essence of the culture in the film. The mother even shares her knowledge of dumpling making with her son's new girlfriend.

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It is a mother's duty to protect their child, even if they do not want their protection. The mother felt like she had to stop the dumpling from making a bad decision, which led her to eat him. Even though she kinda killed her kid, she morally thought it was her duty to protect him.

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The mother imagined her son as a dumpling because she was skilled in making dumplings. She was overprotective because she wanted to keep her son safe and perfect like the dumplings. Her culture influenced her because she knew how to make dumplings perfectly, and she wanted to be able to make her son perfect.

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In the beginning of Bao, the mother and son have a really deep bond. As the son grows up, he starts to distance himself to try new things and make friends. The mother however, is not ready for the change and wants to keep her son to herself. The son's change causes a drift between them which the mother is not able to process.

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In the short film, Bao, we see the child's adolescent years and him growing up. Throughout the novel, the mother is unable to come to terms with the fact that her son is growing older. Is the mother in the wrong to hold him back in life?

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The mother was eating and this dumpling became her kid. Since this is her only child, they have a very strong bond. When he was little, they do everything together but when he gets older and outgrows doing everything with his mom, she doesn't let him play with other kids because she thinks that he is too fragile. He ends up resenting his mom for this and he tries to leave.

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In the film, the music's pace represents the emotions of the characters. While the volcano is sad and lonely, the music slows down and gets softer. But as a new volcano comes and the first volcano has hope for love again, the music gets louder and more hopeful.

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All through Lava's life he has watched everyone around him find love. The birds, the turtles, and the dolphins. Since he has watched everyone he knows how to love. When the lava girl and lava boy were both above the water he knew exactly what to do. He showed her much affection and they were both happy.

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The volcanos in the short film start out steadily erupting. This lava symbolized the passion and desire both volcanos have to finding someone "to lava." As their lava flow gradually wanes, they begin to lose hope of finding the love they sing about. But that one spark of the song rekindles their passion, and in turn the flow of steam from their openings.

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In the short film Lava, Mr. Volcano sings his song everyday of love, to find his partner for life. Right below him in the sea, Miss Volcano heard his song and was really the right volcano for him. However, as the years went by he ran out of lava to sing and sunk into the sea, right as Miss Volcano rose to profess his song to him of love. In the sea, the creators show his strong emotion as the lava bursts around him, pushing him to the surface to unite him with his love.

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For years, he saw happy couples and all he wanted was someone to love. He sang for years, hoping that someone would come, and still no one came until he lost his lava and sank. As he was about to sink, the girl volcano came up. She couldn't see him but still didn't give up her hope of finding someone to love. She sang and her singing caused the boy volcano to come up from under the water and they got to be happy forever. This proves that even if something doesn't happen immediately, you can't give up hope and you have to be persistent.

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In the short film Lava, you can see that being lonely can send someone into the depths of depression. The male volcano strived to find love, but he was comparing his life to others which sent him into depression. But the female volcano gives him hope that he can find love. She helps him out of his depression by singing the song he sang for all those years.