Hushpuppy Movie Analysis

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A young child that may be six or older who lives in the woods called the Bathtub that’s been cut off by civilization by a giant water protection system. Father says on the other side of the water people are afraid of the water like a bunch of babies. Hushpuppy lives with her father in tree houses. Hushpuppy and her father has a strange but strong relationship, their bond is different because he’s shows her love by teaching her to catch fish, letting her win arm wrestling, telling her she’s the man as well as the king. The father is teaching hushpuppy to be touch. A series of catastrophes is happening in the segregate town and her father Wink the father is the leader of the town everyone is looking for wink to save the day but for hushpuppy it seems the whole town is unraveling. In this film they have many celebrations than people on other side of the town, they are really care free, nobody ever cries, they are always happy and theirs is lots of drinking, fireworks and fun. Until a big hurricane comes and they were all aware that it would come one day the children were told in school that one day there would be no bathtub it would all be swallowed up in the ocean from giant rain and ice caps would melt. as the hurricane hits everything is covered in water. Hushpuppy and the others gets around by …show more content…

Some people thought about moving but it was much simpler than that. If you take this movie in a child eyes and as she explained it, reasons to stay was so emotional and it’s such a feeling they couldn’t give up. Hushpuppy understands that giving up in not an option and that’s a great way for people to relate and understand the story and understand the emotion. Wink the father has faith that he’s going to make everything the way it was saying he’s the man and him and hushpuppy are going to

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