In the film Empire of The Sun chronicalizes the childhood of Jamie " Jim" Graham, a young english schoolboy living with his wealthy parents in suburban Shanghai suburbs during the beginning of a war. Throughout the movie Jim went through some drastical changes that took place before the war, during the war and after the war.

          Before the war Jim was a typical rich, british boy. playing with his rich friends, going to private parties bossing the maids around. Until one day the japan empire invades their suburban neighborhood and they are evacuated. While Jim and his parents are getting evacuated, Jim is seperated from his parents. So he goes back home and spends some time there before going to Shanghai. There u can see that Jim is a scared little boy. He runs from everything and everybody thinking they will help him because he is British which was not the case. now that the war has begun Jim is scared, alone and vunerable.