Human Creation As A Destruction Represented In Hayao Miyazaki’s Castle In The Sky Screenplay

Humans are granted the power of creation to advance their civilization and to extend their domination. These desires force humans to face challenges and make choices in their life which result in human creation. This study aims to explore castle in the sky’s idea about human creation, from their survival instinct, as a tool to define destruction. Freud’s psychoanalytic theory of Id, Ego, and Superego is qualitatively used to reveal human creation by finding its relation to the production of life (Eros) and death (Thanatos) instinct as a means of survival. This study uses Freudian consciousness theory as a framework to see the idea of destruction that is represented from human’s motive, behind their creation. This study reveals that (1) creation can be deemed as destructive through an affirmation of life instinct and human perception that actively shape their life resulting in an ever-flowing demand of destructive flow (2) its valuableness triggers human mental process by forcing them to be a destructive being inward or onward (3) the conjoint usage of life and death to its creation supports the destructive purpose of its principle. The important implication of this study is to understand human role as a leading civilization towards their creation and to understand human’s motive behind destruction.