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Literary Lens(es) (Choose one and use the questions for that lens to discuss the text.)

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Literary Lens(es) (Choose one and use the questions for that lens to discuss the text.)

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Critical Disability Lens

Ecocritical Lens

Psychological Lens

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Must be Defensible, Interpretive, DO something

CLAIM, Overview of Eveidence, Verb for Literary Analysis

Through ______ (title or character) VERB + CLAIM.

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Topics  -- self acceptance, anger, love, resilience, disability, depression, isolation

depression vs acceptance
isolation vs friendship

love leads to self acceptance
love leads to resilience

acceptance leads to love

acceptance of disability

Theme --
___ vs ___ ...
___ of ____ ...
___ leads to ____ ...

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the present -- accepting the present moment

the box -- isolation/trap, but the dog pushes to get out of it

red bouncy ball -- anger/love; resilience

dog and crutches are in same color family -- yellow can be hapiness or fear

door -- freedome

outside -- rebirth, growth

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-- boy accepts the dog as it progresses, becomes less angry and depressed and is happier, he chooses to go outside and play and leave his isolation

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Exposition:
-- Boy is in his living room playing violent war video games
-- Mom comes home with a box for him

Rising Action:
-- She tells him it's beautiful outside and opens the blinds
-- Mom goes upstairs to take a work phone call
-- Boy opens the box and fins a dog
-- Boy is excited until he realizes the dog is missing a leg, and he throws the dog aside.
-- The dog gets up and wants to play, but the boy ignores him to play video games.
-- Dog finds a ball and brings it to the boy to play.
-- Boy kicks ball into a box.
-- The dog runs into the box and gets stuck.
-- The boy laughs and starts watching the dog a bit, but tries to go back to his game.
-- Dog gets out of the box and gets the ball again.

Climax:
-- The boy pocks up the ball and stands up at which point we realize he is also missing a leg.

Resolution:
-- The boy goes outside to play with the dog.

Any notes about narrative pacing/structure?

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boy vs himself -- he is struggling with self-loathing/self image because of his disability

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the boy -- 12 or 13 years old; pessimistic/negative, judgemental, annoyance, depressed, angry, isolated, he's missing a leg

the dog -- unconditionally loves him from the moment he opens the box; innocent/naive, playful, energetic, seems like a puppy, positive, resilient, missing a leg

the mom -- she's coming from work; she immediately takes a work call and goes upstairs; probably a single mom; seems very caring, opens the shades for him and brings him a present; greets him nicely and doesn't show stress or impatience; she seems to want him to be a "normal", independent kid; lets him discover the dog on his own terms

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The boy's living room -- middle class, two story home; it's daytime, but the blinds are closed making it very dark; bag of chips, game boxes, graphic novels strewn about

Outside -- front yard has green grass, probably 5:00 type time in summer; bright sky and sunshine; noise of birds chirping

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"The Present"

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The Present | A Short Film by Jacob Frey