Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild is a film about a six-year old girl go through some lessons to learn how to be strong. It is an American fantasy drama film that released in June 2012 after playing at film festivals. The film was film with the eye level shot with the main character Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis) and hand-held shot. Through these technique Zeitlin uses, audience can see and understand the movie through Hushpuppy’s perspective.
We were all asleep in bed when I was suddenly woke up but a creaking noise. I sit up and I look, it was Mr. Van Daan getting into the food safe! “Otto! Otto! Come quick!”
Finally, the walls started to rumble the ground started to shake. Then there was a herd of rhinos running through the hallway.
The 2012 movie Beasts of the Southern Wild, director Benh Zeitlin’s debut movie, sees 6-year-old Hushpuppy living with her father Wink in a remote village called the Bathtub. When Wink mysteriously falls ill, it seems that mother nature falls ill with him, with temperatures rising, ice caps melting, and rising waters threatening the Bathtub and its community. In one key sequence, the aftermath of the flood shows Wink and Hushpuppy searching for survivors, and eventually finding some at the local pub. Once safe from the flooding outside, Wink and Hushpuppy hunker down at the pub and reminisce about Hushpuppy’s mama. In this scene, there is a strong theme of change and loss, shown through the key symbol of hope represented by Hushpuppy’s mama.
In Maus by Art Spiegelman the use of animals helps to keep the Holocaust stories from being too graphic. The mice being burned in the crematorium would be too graphic if they were drawn as humans. The Jews being mice allows Art to be more honest and detailed throughout the book while keeping it from being too disturbing. When Art draws the human tale of his mother’s suicide his drawings take a twisted turn. These abstract and disturbing illustration could not be kept throughout the book as it would be too deep.
In the book “Maus” by Art Spiegelman the characters are identified in different animals based on the country tthey are from. They are found throughout the whole story in the pictures. I believe the author is doing this based on stereotypes from all there given countries. I believe he is also doing this to show the animal potrayals are chosen for a reason.
Old Major usage of Pathos in his song can convince the animals to join him and help him overthrow Mr. Jones. In Stanza 2 of “Beasts of England”, Old Major sings “Rings shall vanish from our noses, / And the harness from our back, / Bit and spur shall rust forever, / Cruel whips shall crack” (Orwell 12). Old Major’s stanza highlights the animals torment and manipulation, inciting an emotional reaction from the other animals seeing how mistreated they are.
In my opinion, Robert Laidlaw presented a more logical argument in his article “Zoos: Myth and Reality”. To start off with, I think animals are not getting the proper care they need to help them survive. According to Laidlaw, he states, “But most zoos fail to live up to their own propaganda and vast numbers of zoo animals continue to endure the lives of misery and deprivation.” Second of all, I think animals are suffering from captivity. In the text it says, “But there is one issue in which there seems to be widespread agreement-- at least in principle.
Sounds of owls and wolves howling. Although, one sound stood out. It almost sounded like singing yet it had an odd sound to it. One of the men stepped on a branch, and then the owner of the sound finally stepped out. This monster was like no other.
How is Animal Imagery used in Chronicle of a Death Foretold? Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a novel based on true events that had occurred in 1951 in Colombia. As the title indicates, the author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez creates a timeline of how one citizen, Santiago Nazar was murdered. Unlike the norms of a detective themed novel, the audience is aware from the start of the victim, the killers and the reasons.
I turned around and there it was. An eight foot beast emerging out of the
It resembled the stomping of something but I knew it was probably just an animal or someone who woke up in the night. All of a sudden, the iron fasteners flung off the door. The Geats jumped out of their sleep and looked toward the noise. The beast was in the door and the smell was awful. It smelled of raw flesh and I could see the slime falling off of the beast.
In a distant place, untouched by man, a race of intelligent wolves prospered. The wolves decided in council that would never let the population of this place to enter in contact with humans, as the population grew, this task became much more difficult than ever. Much part of the problem resided in space as the biggest part of the life beings that lived in this secret place was composed of sheep; consequently, the population needed vast lands of green grass in order to feed. However, how was not this secret race of wolves still discovered, you may ask. Their success depended on discretion and intelligence.
The role of animals in story telling forms a bond between the viewers and character that can be stronger than the human cast. Animals not only gave information but also portray their personality in a given narrative. Sometimes they are wearing a cover of characteristics which is not directly related to their natural portrayal but still manages to effect human animal relationship i.e Anthropomorphism. Anthropomorphism is an interpretation of what is not human or personal in terms of human or personal characteristics (Merriam Webster). The showing or treating of animals, gods or objects as if they are human in appearance, character or behaviour.
Since its inception, policing has changed form in many different ways, while collectively searching to improve. From departmental Standing Operating Procedures, to tactics, diversity, sensitivity training, methods of investigation, analytics, logistics and countless other aspects, the desire to improve policing never ceases. I believe a category responsible for improving all aspects of policing will always be intelligence. How it is obtained, disseminated, used and the constant demand of proficiency in all three areas. This along with the selection of qualified, knowledgeable, resourceful and experienced individuals into leadership positions within the Division, promotes the best opportunity for improvements in this area.
