Before Viewing Tree of Life

If I could image a film based on the book of Job it would be about a man that’s living a peaceful life; a man that takes care of his family, wife, and has a successful career. In life they’re always someone that’s jealous of you, therefore there will be a coworker in Job’s business that’s very envious of his lifestyle, also known as Satan. Satan is so envious of Job that he begins to do everything in his power to sabotage Jobs entire life. Satan begins by setting Job up to loose his top position at the law firm. Next, he figures out a clever way to kill Job family in a harsh car accident. Job goes so crazy about loosing his entire family that he’s admitted into the crazy house, where he begins to loose his skin, only left with flesh. I don’t think my idea of this movie would answer the question of why do bad things happen. In my opinion, God puts people in all different situations because he knows they have the strength to deal with them. In the event that the person isn’t strong enough to deal with difficult situations God either helps or takes the person out their misery by bring them to heaven with him. My idea of the movie is that it will end with Job dying; trying to kill himself because he can’t fathom not being with his family, as his begins to fall off. He tries to kill himself to take him out of his misery, just as he’s about to take the gun to his head- he receives a phone call from his mother, which is Gods way of telling him to hold on and don’t give up when the going gets tough.

Beast of the Southern Wild Symbols

Symbols is what “Beast of the Southern Wild” is surrounded by, it’s the essence to understanding the entire film. In the title is the word beast, and one of the most important scenes is when the teacher is explaining to the children about the beast. The beast is a symbol for danger as it pertains to the people in this community. The teacher puts emphasis on being, strong and not crying like “little pussies” as she explains that it is important to know what to do when the beast come because its inevitable that the beast will come eventually. The beast threatens communal life, for these people because the beast can come and end the entire communities life. Another symbol that’s important in understanding this movie is the dominance of being a man. Throughout the entire movie I thought Hush Puppy was a boy until the very end when she announced she was a girl. In the very first few scenes Hush Puppy runs up to her dad and tells him that she can burp loud like a man. Which made me think that her father too wanted her to be strong like a man. In the beginning her father also refer to her constantly as “man”. He’s almost never gentle with Hush Puppy as he addresses her. Then its ironic how she asks him why does he have on a dress and a bracelet. Leading me to think that male dominance and being strong is very important to understanding this movie. Overall the essence of this movie is summed up into one sentence by Hush Puppy herself as she says,” The whole universe depends on everything fitting together just right”.