Joshua In A Box Theme

Many people discover that their true happiness is most often found at home. John C. Lange adapted “Joshua in a Box”, a short animated video, uncovered this remarkable theme. Joshua, a humanized creature, longs for his own freedom away from home where he feels he is trapped. Once he escaped, he enjoys his freedom for awhile, but then realizes it was better inside the box or at home. The story conveys the theme that people do not realize that true happiness is found at home.
Joshua saw his opportunity to escape when he saw a crack in the box. The crack symbolized Joshua’s way out away from the nest of his parents. It displayed that there was hope for Joshua to break away from the restraints of his parents. He knew that it was chance to fly

away and lay the making of his own nest somewhere else. Although, he did not know that his happiness remained in the nest within his parents.
After escaping the box, otherwise known as his parents nest, Joshua bagan to feel homesick. A tear rolled down his eye. The tear symbolized Joshua missing home. At that point, he realized that true happiness is found at home. At first, he thought he was ready to handle the obstacles that erupted outside of the box. He soon discovered that he was happier in the nest with the restraints of his parents.
Once Joshua uncovered the stake of his happiness, he then became the box. He became his own restraints in order to live them out and show him why he was not ready to prow outside the nest. By doing this, he was going to learn how his happiness is dictated by being th4e box. The box was also going to protect him just as his parents along with restraints did. Joshua was learning the route of his happiness and how it flowed.