Mimetic Criticism In Michael Ende's The Men In Gray

In order to know how literary criticism can be applied to the story of Momo, two of chapters from the story are chosen. Those are the time saving bank (chapter six) and the demonstration (chapter eight). The story of Momo is mainly discussed about time. At the beginning of the story, the relationship between Momo and people around her runs well. This condition changed after the emergence of The Men in Gray in the chapter six. The Men in Gray appear to people who have problem with time. Then they proposed the concept of time saving to overcome the problem. If we see from this case, we can apply the mimetic criticism to analyze the chapter six. In the literary criticism handout, Mimetic criticism defines as a critic that views the literary work as an imitation, or reflection, or representation of the world and human life, and the primary criterion applied to a work is the "truth" of its representation to the subject matter that it represents, or should represent. In simple way mimetic criticism ask how well the work of literature accords with the real world.
In the time saving bank chapter, people have to face problem with time. It can be seen from the opening paragraph of the chapter:
“Life

Another chapter that chosen to be discussed is chapter eight entitled the demonstration. This chapter opened by the conversation by Momo, Guido and Old Beppo. Momo reveal her worry after meeting with The Man in Gray. She founds that The Men in Gray have dirty work to steal the time from the people. In order to prevent The Men in Gray’s dirty aims, they do the movement that involves others children. This action has a purpose to make the other people aware about The Men in Gray’s conspiracy. Actually, Momo, Guido, and Old Beppo have different point of view regarding this idea. They way they express their view about this action will be analyze using expressive