BTS WINGS Short Film #7 AWAKE [Your questions were answered]
Jin was the only REAL person. Jin is Sinclair and the members were his Demian(s).
If you’ve read Demian by Hermann Hess (which I highly recommend if you truly want to garner the message behind the teasers. It’s such a short book), you’ll understand that each of the teasers represents the order in which Sinclair reaches adulthood.
Short Film Title Connections to the book Demian
BEGIN - LIE - STIGMA - FIRST LOVE - REFLECTION - MAMA - AWAKE
1 BEGIN. Sinclair’s life begins in a “light” “safe” area created by his parents and religion.
2 LIE. Sinclair’s world divides into two when he lies for the first time and gets blackmailed. His one lie leads to him committing more sins. He feels separated from the world of light that surrounds his family and tastes darkness for the first time.
3. STIGMA. Sinclair gains a mark of dishonor within himself for lying. As his family notices, they also feel a separation from him.
4. FIRST LOVE. His first love may very well be Demian himself. Demian saves him from his horrible situation and continues to educate him throughout the story. However, his true love is really Eva (Demian’s mother).
5. REFLECTION. Sinclair meeting Alfons Beck who introduces him to alcohol. Alcohol kind of allows your mind to separate from the presents (as seen in Namjoon’s teaser). Meeting Pistorius also allows him to realize how much progress he’s made as a person when he realizes that he’s more knowledgeable and has nothing to learn from someone such as Pistorius.
6. MAMA. Demian’s mother, Eva is someone that’s always had Sinclair’s interest. He would see her first in his visions, photographs and later in person. It’s almost as if he idolizes her and is the last significant person he meets on his life journey to adulthood.
7. AWAKE. - Sinclair sees Demian one last time. Demian bids Sinclair farewell, telling him that while he may not physically be there to guide Sinclair anymore, he’ll always be inside him. Sinclair then awakens again as an adult.
Jin finally decides to leave everything behind. Him taking out the earpiece is like him removing what allows him to hear his Demians. The connection has been severed. He stops himself from eating the apple (LIE) because he wants to move forward and not continue living in the painful past.
He will no longer have these “dreams” of his Demians and the world of light (childhood protection) and dark (uncertainty of adulthood) suddenly becomes dark.
Jin’s short film shows how the entire story of the other members experiences (his inner Demian(s)) revolves around the items around him in his home as well as personal experiences. In reality, the stories we’ve seen are Jin’s experiences.
He burns the 6 petals representing death to show that demians are gone, but you can see on his face that he still considers them precious to him. He cradles them delicately before destroying them.
When Jin is dizzy and slightly in pain, it is similar to Sinclair being injured right when Demian comes to bid him farewell. Demian gives Sinclair a kiss from Eva and then is gone. I believe that Jin looking at his reflection and then touching the mirror to see if ripple is in representation of that scene.
The lyrics from BTS’s song MOVE ON is the clear message to the viewer that it’s time to look towards the future and not dwell on the past.
Jin then walks through the halls that are patterned with the Abraxas symbol. The symbol of Abraxas is a bird breaking free from an egg.
His final look at the painting of the bird in flight is representational of him growing wings and moving on.
He no longer needs the Demian(s) as support and is finally able to able to go out into the world on his own.
He’s hatched from the egg.
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