Beasts of the Southern Wild

Recently, we all watched the movie Beasts of the Southern Wild. I have to say, I enjoyed the meaning of it. It was a heartwarming story about a little girl named Hush Puppy and her father Wink. They live down in Louisiana, at the end of the road, the Bathtub. The Bathtub consisted of the few that refused to relocate after disasters, evacuations, etc. At first, the movie seems so filthy and unreal. How could people live like this not just anywhere, but AMERICA. You then see their freedom and love of life though their celebrations, conversations, and- excuse my corniness- young, wild and free lifestyles. Hush Puppy's father soon falls sick during the movie, probably a result of his excessive drinking. When officials come in and move them to a shelter, the contrast if severe. somehow, it was better be dirty. It was better to be primitive, its better to be just a person. Even thought the Bathtub lifestyle was so much more different than ours today it shed light on how when you strip it all down they were actually human. They had a home that they loved and that's where they wanted to be. If it was anyone I knew, they probably would've have loved the care that Wink received. But no to the Hush Puppy and all the other, being happy was then most important thing. My favorite part of the film was when fed her father the nuggets before he died. It showed that even when he said, "No crying," and even though she was the "man", she was still vulnerable. Its funny, throughout the film I didn't really realize her age until then. Only then did I realize that she was just a little girl.I enjoyed the different layers of the film, it wasn't so one dimensional. It made me think and ask questions and wonder about whatever happened to Hush Puppy and the Bathtub and the scientists would ever remember her, even though it is obviously a fiction.

This film really does reveal a lot about humanity. It exhibits the way we fight for what we believe in, even thought its wrong. The way we strive to be free souls and unfortunately,the way we are determined to change anyone that different from us, almost punish the them. Its unbelievable how we always want to impose out beliefs, think of ourselves as the greatest, but we aren't. Our sense of pride and unity against a common enemy. But these are all emotions, our complex emotions- Hush Puppy's complex emotions are unparalleled by any other, the ability to take one emotion and turn it into another. Anger into love, sadness into resilience.