She starts with the call to action, to help a stranger re-discover his childhood memories. A mysterious box full of toys is found in her own apartment and she decides instead of keeping it, or throwing it away she will return what has been …show more content…
When she sees the blind man in the subway listening to a record she gives him a few coins to help him. When she sees him again trying to cross the street on the same day, she helps him by not only helping him to cross the street but describing all of the things he would never be able to experience without sight. For her, each time she helps someone she is gaining a small personal victory of satisfaction because she knows she is making a difference. She is able to visualize her vision clearly, and by doing this she helps others.
She has a cornucopia of different skills like being nice, clever, and thinking outside the box. She is nice to everyone she meets even if she finds them strange, like when she is out hunting for the correct Dominique Bretodeau and sees a very feminine man that makes her uncomfortable. Or when she tries to give money to all homeless people she sees, even if they refuse her …show more content…
Like when Nino has his photo book back, but she still helps him discover the mystery of the bald man who leaves his selfies all over France. At first she thinks that he is a man who never wants to be forgotten, but she soon realizes that he is just the photo machine repairman whose photos get stuck in the machine when he repairs them.
She thinks outside of the box when she notices that her father isn’t happy because he is still mourning the loss of his wife who was killed when Amelie was young. He feels as though he can’t follow his dreams and travel because he would be disappointing his dead wife, so instead he stays home and builds garden shrines for her ashes. Amelie desperately wants her father to travel and experience life so she decides to send his precious garden gnome on a trip around the world without him.
Each day he receives photographs of his garden gnome in exotic destinations like Istanbul, Italy, or Moscow. When the gnome finally returns to his garden shrine he realizes that he only has one chance to live life and travel. He leaves his home, and his sad life behind and decides to travel the