Hardend

   Everything from the setting to the characters in the Winter's Bones seemed to be cold, worn down, and harsh.  The men are controlling and the women were obedient. Most of the people in this film I would consider to be weak, except for Ree.  Ree stood out from the rest of her family and relatives, she was by no means a weak individual. 

       Compared to the other women, Ree is not easily controlled by the men in this film not because she isn't afraid of them she feel's she doesn't have a choice she must do whatever it takes to take care of her younger siblings and mentally ill Mother. 

 I really saw the strength that Ree has when she tells Sonny that "there is a bunch of stuff that you are gonna have to get over being scared of" when gutting the squirrel. Ree knows that their life is hard and he needs to be strong to get through it.  That scene to me is similar to when Ree holds the hands of her dead Father so they can be cut off and used as evidence of he death. Getting through this traumatizing experience she know she has to get over being scared because this evidence is vital to Ree and her family so they do not become homeless.  

A small part of Winter's Bones said a lot to me. When Ree was teaching her younger brother and sister how to shoot the guns, she doesn't say she is teaching them to hunt. Instead Ree says she is teaching Sonny and Ashlee how to survive. Ree is a good example that in a hard life you have no choice but to toughen up and do anything to survive and protect what is important to you.