Beasts of the Southern Wild: Black Strength

Beasts of the Southern Wild: Black Strength and courage to survive Name Institutional affiliations Date The aspect that this paper chose to focus on in this film is the five-year old’s African American young Hushpuppy’s strength to survive in a harsh world. Hushpuppy represents many African American children who come from immensely challenging family backgrounds and have to be brave to ensure that they survive. For instance, Hushpuppy’s mother is dead, and she only has her father who is an alcoholic and is torn between joyful hope and pained anger. In most African American films, single mothers are the ones, who take care of their children while their fathers are missing because either they have been killed, are involved in criminal activities or have bee...