Jin Sakai analyzes

Jin Sakai analysis (made by Parladax) Requested by Madara_8999 In this analysis, I will discuss the "conclusion" of the Ghost of Tsushima DLC. This analysis will focus on the themes of forgiveness and acceptance in this sequence, along with the numerous symbols of the scene. Enjoy your reading! Analysis of the Final Monologue "Hiding in darkness” This directly evokes the shadow, a repressed part of Jin from his childhood, his guilt, his fears and his temptation towards violence and lies (The archetype of the ghost). Iki Island forces Jin Sakai to confront his shadow/ghost; the shadow is not an enemy in itself, but more of what Jin must integrate in order to become whole. "My father struggles to rise” This evokes broken authority, an impossible model to achieve. Jin Sakai built his identity around two contradictory poles. What he thinks his father would have wanted: the way of the samurai, honor. What he must become in order to survive the war, the ghost, a symbol of transgression. “Free at last from life” This evokes death as a liberation, a form of purification through death, not through physical death but the death of illusion. An annihilation of the old self, Jin Sakai has carried guilt since childhood for having seen his father die, but now Jin is finally letting this traumatic image/vision "die", Jin achieves a form of identity rebirth by reconciling the samurai and ghost within himself. Normally, seeing visions of deceased father would evoke a form of divine …