The boy reads a story about a man who has the biggest shoulders in the world and is transformed into an island where the events take place. The boy, the man, and the girl wrapped in a blanket are all reflections of the filmmaker. The boy represents the filmmaker’s younger self who didn’t know much about the world and the faceless man’s childhood self. The girl with the blanket is a victim of her society’s othering and objectification – the expectations and assumptions that we have based on someone’s gender or nationality, and the prejudice that results from a failure to see others as human beings and equals. The man without a face is a spectator to the girl’s plight. Being unable to express his thoughts and opinions, he concealed his emotions until all expression vanished from his face. He couldn’t express himself because he was afraid of drawing unwanted attention and becoming ostracized from his social group. I believe that the people with the biggest shoulders are the active participants – male and female, Korean and foreigner, disabled and able bodied, myself and others. We may look different from each and come from different environments, but we are all human beings who live, or have lived, on Earth. If we can create a society where we can communicate while understanding and respecting each other’s differences, the world might be a happier place.