Kiki’s Delivery Service is a movie about a young witch named Kiki who leaves home at 13 for a year so she can become a true witch. In the beginning of the film we can see that Kiki is somewhat immature in her witch abilities given that she is supposedly not as good with her broom as her mother was when she was 13. This can be further proved by the fact that she spins out of control as she leaves home for the first time and while she is flying she encounters another young which who appears to be far more mature in her abilities than Kiki. She then finds a small town where she soon makes a place for herself by running her own delivery service. For this reason I would say that a principal theme to the movie would be coming of age because we see how Kiki is transitioning into a new phase in her life where she no longer will rely on her parents and has to overcome challenges on her own. For example, she arrives to town with hardly anything except a broom and her ambition to carve a place for herself which is very humble of her. In fact, I believe that this good nature of hers even helped attract other kind and opportunities such as starting her business when Osono offered her a place to stay for helping her. Therefore I think the two lessons that this movie had is that if you are determined, your hard work will attract what you need and that good deeds are rewarding themselves since Kiki went the extra mile with her clients such as helping the old woman bake her herring pie. On the other hand, I also think it serves to remind such people to take a break and not overwork oneself either because when Kiki ended up losing her powers Ursula reminded her to take a break and relax sometimes.
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