Mickey represents our childhood, innocence, and dreams. Now we see how this fades away as we cling to what we believe is important: wealth and pleasure.
It is a silent critique of how the ideals of the child we once were fade away over time, replaced by symbols of status and consumption.
We no longer see the character we once knew; it is a reflection of what we sacrificed when we grew up, and it asks us: How much of that child still lives in us?
