Beasts of the Southern Wild Journal Entry

In conjunction with your viewing of the film, I would like for you to write a relatively-brief analysis of at least one scene in the film (at least one double-spaced page). Please bring this in hardcopy to Tuesday’s class, and we’ll share from your work and then include them in the 15 total entries in your journal. Here is the prompt I’d like you to respond to:

Select a scene from the film that particularly speaks to you or is thought-provoking. Give some analysis of what this scene seems to be doing: what “argument” is it forwarding and—importantly—how? How is the scene giving the reader some information about who these characters are and what they seem to believe, value, need, lack, etc. How is the non-human—either animals, plants, the land, water, “environment” more broadly—a part of revealing what this scene reveals?