Wink from Beasts of the Southern Wild<\/em> represents those who are in denial of climate change and the deteriorating environment around them. He is unhinged and acts unpredictably in situations where he should be more cautious. Drunk off alcohol, he goes out in a heavy storm to prove to his daughter, Hushpuppy, that the storm isn\u2019t scary. With a bottle in one hand and gun in the other, he fires shots into the sky, challenging the storm. What we see as viewers is an irresponsible parent living in his own fantasy of him being the \u201ctough guy\u201d. Throughout the film Wink repeats the line \u201cI got it under control\u201d. He\u2019s in denial of his living conditions, his daughter\u2019s wellbeing, and his sickness. His character has some charm but the viewers are also not completely on his side. Just like some non-believers of climate change, they are just as complex as him, and most likely have understandable reasons for why they\u2019re in denial. Poverty, broken family, harsh environment, etc\u2026 Wink knows that if he can\u2019t fight the storm he\u2019ll have to get government help and be taken away into a shelter. Furthermore, Wink is in a community of other like-minded adults who believe they\u2019re safe just where they are. It\u2019s easier to be in denial when people around you are as well. Perhaps what we can take from watching the movie is that like Wink, some deniers of climate change are influenced by their circumstances. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Beasts of the Southern Wild Wink from Beasts of the Southern Wild represents those who are in denial of climate change and the deteriorating environment around them. He is unhinged and acts unpredictably in situations where he should be more cautious. Drunk off alcohol, he goes out in a heavy storm to prove to his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9754,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/rahanamdari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/rahanamdari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/rahanamdari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/rahanamdari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9754"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/rahanamdari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/rahanamdari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/rahanamdari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125\/revisions\/133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/rahanamdari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}