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Beast Of The Southern Wild Analysis

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What is storytelling? Well, according to the National Storytelling Network storytelling as an ancient art form and a valuable form of human expression; that is why many would consider Beast of the Southern Wild a perfect example. Beast of the Southern Wild movie is about passion, pain, survival and adventure which all can be transpired throughout the movie; free spirited folks that refuse to leave the folktales they believe in for the realism of the world. Let me introduce Hushpuppy and her father Wink, the amazing dysfunctional duo, but all on how one chooses to look at it. Let me begin by explaining that the people living in the bathtub are not like everyone else; the bathtub is its own culture, a different way of life for the few that decide

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