Every human being is born with a different physique, some are white, yellow, brown, and black. Some are tall, some are short, some are fat, some are thin, some are snub noses, and some are sharp noses, and there are many other physical differences.

If humans were created with physically different humans, they should be able to accept the physical differences of other humans.

But in reality there are still many children who do body shaming and even bully their physically different friends.

There are children who are insulted by their friends maybe because of obesity or thinness, or because of their black skin color, and other forms of physical humiliation.

That is what an 8 year old boy named Pepper Flynt Busbee (Jakob Salvati) in the film Little Boy (2015) feels because he has a very small body smaller than the average person his age.

But this film does not emphasize the body shaming received by Pepper but rather Pepper’s struggle to prove his belief in being able to return his father safely and also his friendship with a man of different ages and of different nationalities and races.

Become a Victim of Body Shaming

Pepper lived during the early days of World War II, and lived in a fishing town on the outskirts of California, United States when his friends were

Pepper’s friends did not like him because he was much smaller than children his age. Not only did he dislike Pepper, his friends always insulted him physically and gave Pepper the nickname of a midget.

Every time Pepper met his friends, they always called him a midget and always insulted him, and finally his friends always called him “Little Boy”. As a result, Pepper had no friends.

Have a Loving Father

Pepper is lucky to have a father who loves him very much and always plays with Pepper and his father, James Busbee (Michael Rapaport) always raises his spirits and his father once said that Pepper reminded him of a comic character named Ben Eagle and his father used to read this comic to him and they often played. as Ben Eagle the magician. Pepper and his father have a motto

“Do you believe you can do this?”

a line taken from the fantasy comic story, Ben Eagle.

His father always bought Pepper the latest edition of the Ben Eagle comics, and often took him to see Ben Eagle directly to the cinema, so Pepper became a fan of Ben Eagle.

So even though his friends still often do body shaming on him, Pepper still grows up to be a cheerful and confident boy.

But when his father had to leave him to become a soldier and go to war against Japan. His mother, Emma Busbee (Emily Watson) his brother, London Busbee (David Henrie) and Pepper feel very sad. His father was forced to replace his eldest son London (David Henrie) as a volunteer soldier in the war against Japan. London was rejected from enlisting in the army simply because he had small legs.

Faith from a Child’s Perspective

Shortly thereafter, the father reportedly disappeared without a trace. However Pepper believes his father came home safely, this is due to the motto Pepper and his father embedded in his mind, namely “Do you believe you can do this?”

And Pepper’s belief that his father would be able to return home after hearing the words of the Pastor’s victim: “If you have faith as big as a mustard seed then you can move mountains. If we can move mountains then it’s impossible. In fact we can end the war and bring in our people. love ”

Pepper met the Pastor who said that if you have confidence as big as a mustard seed then you can move mountains, to ask for an explanation of that sentence.

A child like Pepper, of course, interpreted it as the super power that Ben Eagle possessed which could move bottles and even mountains.

It is not easy to explain about faith or belief to an 8 year old child.

The Chief Pastor, Oliver (Tom Wilkinson), wisely tells Pepper to move the bottle in front of him with his super strength and Pepper using mind power through both hands tries to move the bottle but to no avail and the priest tells him to repeat it one more time but still unsuccessful then Father Oliver is move the bottle and explain the bottle moved because of Pepper who moved Pastor Oliver to move the bottle. That’s the explanation of faith that Father Oliver was trying to explain to Pepper.

Pepper was just a child with a superficial mind so Pastor Oliver made Pepper’s to-do list and the first was to be friends with Hashimoto, the Japanese.

Of course no one likes the Japanese because the Japanese bombed America and caused wars and cost thousands of lives. Pepper and his brother, London also really hated the Japanese because their father was forced to leave them to fight and his circumstances were unknown.

One night, Pepper and London, his brother pelted the glass of Hashimoto’s house with stones and his brother tried to burn Hashimoto’s house but it was unsuccessful because he fell but his actions made London, his brother imprisoned and Pepper had to say the Saint Mary prayer repeatedly in Latin at the church.

So when it comes to being asked to befriend Hashimoto, it is of course very difficult for Pepper.

At first Pepper did it just as an obligation according to the list but didn’t really intend to make a friendship with Hashimoto.

But because Pepper has no friends and he doesn’t know how to do all the lists Father Oliver gave him such as feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, visiting those in prison, dressing the naked, visiting the sick, Pepper Need Hashimoto’s help to do all of that.

Hashimoto also only has one best friend, namely Father Oliver, they are both friends, Hashimoto often calls his best friend Oliver the name Ollie, while others call Hashimoto Jap.

Friendship of Different Nations, Race and Age

Hashimoto is a good person, of course he wants to help him and Pepper’s relationship develops really into a friend, even Pepper once invited Hashimoto to his house.

Mrs. Pepper, is a good person. Of course she welcomed Hashimoto’s arrival well except for London, her brother who was still angry and could not accept Hashimoto’s presence.

People in the city also disliked Hashimoto including Pepper’s friends.

Awal began to become friends with Hashimoto. Pepper still feels uncomfortable and embarrassed when people see him, but over time Pepper likes Hashimoto.

Hashimoto’s friendship with Pepper was also not easy, even Hashimoto was seriously injured because Hashimoto was mistreated by a man who lost his son. This man came to Hashimoto’s house with London but only the man tortured Hashimoto and Hashimoto almost died because of it and Pepper was very sad and hoped that Hashimoto would not die and indeed Hashimoto managed to recover.

Confidence Tested

Pepper’s belief and trust in being able to bring in his father deserves a thumbs up even though Pepper takes it literally from the point of view of children who don’t really understand what belief is.

To prove his belief in the people Pepper tried to move mountains through the power of the mind transferred through his hands and what happened by chance an earthquake occurred which coincided with the events when Pepper tried to move the mountain. And Pepper believed the moving earth was due to its strength, but Hashimoto said it was an earthquake

Pepper also went out to sea and again tried to use his super strength through his two hands to stop the war and that was doing for days. Pepper’s actions were widely seen by the townspeople.

Pepper’s innocence and conviction finally moved many people to support and believe in him.

Soon there was news of the war ending because the United States dropped atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

It turns out that the nuclear weapon dropped on Hiroshima, Japan codenamed “Little Boy” was a magical coincidence.

Pepper is of course happy to have succeeded, but in reality the opposite is true

One day the military came to Pepper’s house and told him that they managed to identify one of the bodies with a necklace of an officer named James Busbee.

The Busbee family was of course very sad to hear the news, especially Pepper was devastated because he felt that his efforts had been in vain.

Beliefs That Work

Hashimoto is the person who always comforts and strengthens Pepper to face the sadness of losing his father.

It turns out that Pepper’s belief that his father will return safe is not in vain, it turns out that they get the news that his father survived even though he was injured and the man who died turned out to be another man who happened to be wearing his father’s shoes and inside his father’s shoes there was his father’s identification.

Finally Pepper, his mother and brother managed to meet his father who was being treated at the hospital.

Movies are very good to watch, both watched by parents and children, so they can open up insights in thinking, and also provide many moral messages about the friendship of different ages, nations, and races. About the love and belief that a child has, about staying confident even though it is different from the average person, and there are many other useful moral messages

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