Today in class we watched The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. The film expresses many themes, the overwhelming idea of books changing people’s lives. Another theme is Everyone’s story matters. The idea of Morris writing his story and what he experiences in his life changes how one would watch the film. He is blindsided by this storm that turns his life on edge and wipes the colour from his life. He wanders through the storm, walking on paper from what could be his stories, he rises up and escapes the city destroyed by the storm. He finds a new life from the generosity of another who is enlightened and flying away in colour while Morris is still monotone grey, the giant change when Morris is united with a book, a story for him to write changed his life drastically. Morris is in full colour writing his story and the storm takes everything away from him, struggling to recover his book while he is being taken away from his home. Morris is having things taken away by an unstoppable force that is destroying his home and everything. The storm could be compared to a corrupt government, which changes the people’s freedoms and destroys the country. When the storm recedes Morris is struggling to maintain his morals with the changing landscape, this is represented in the film by Morris losing the words and faces of his books. Morris is shown losing his words from the pages and he is distressed and helpless. He puts his life into these books and his life is taken away with the giant storm When Morris leaves he sees great contrast from his grey and grounded, compared to the coloured and soaring population that is outside the reach of the government. Once Morris escapes the storm he becomes invited to the Library and gains the colour of the girl around him as he escapes. Morris is welcomed as a refugee and since he received such kindness he feels that he should give back. He gives the other people, who are grey and escaping the government a new home and their book, to write their own story.