It incorporates realism with a heavy formalist influence, blurring the lines between reality and dreams. Hushpuppy is the narrator and primary protagonist of the film, allowing us to view the events from her eyes and come to understand things as she does. Being a young child, she shows a distaste to change and reluctance towards departing from her held beliefs. However, the ending shows Hushpuppy learning to accept that a part of growing up is moving on and allowing change to occur. The narrative at it’s very core is relatable, although it is told with imagination and the interweaving of Hushpuppy’s dream-like encounters with larger-than-life wildlife whom no one else appears to
It incorporates realism with a heavy formalist influence, blurring the lines between reality and dreams. Hushpuppy is the narrator and primary protagonist of the film, allowing us to view the events from her eyes and come to understand things as she does. Being a young child, she shows a distaste to change and reluctance towards departing from her held beliefs. However, the ending shows Hushpuppy learning to accept that a part of growing up is moving on and allowing change to occur. The narrative at it’s very core is relatable, although it is told with imagination and the interweaving of Hushpuppy’s dream-like encounters with larger-than-life wildlife whom no one else appears to