Alcorn Jr. and Mark Bracher say, storytelling can “promote greater tolerance of unfamiliar and potentially traumatic experiences”(344-345). In Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin proves that storytelling is important by using it as a source of connection with the audience, a healing process, as well as a way of motivation. Beasts of the Southern Wild is about a six-year old little girl
The film “Beasts of the Southern Wild” written and directed by Benh Zeitlin, delivers the coming of age story of a young girl. This young girl, Hushpuppy, is the protagonist in a world separated from civilized society by a levee. She lives in a world known as the Bathtub, which is a swamp that is separated from the modern society, north of the wall. Other than the physical difference between the two worlds, there are also variations in lifestyle that each world would consider comforts of home. Living