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For the Birds Questions Arya Valluri

Pixar's For the Birds is a humorous short film about a group of small birds who mock a larger, awkward bird—only to face unexpected and ironic consequences for their unkindness.

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Worksheet: Pixar's "For the Birds" Short FilmPlot Structure and Literary DevicesIntroductionIn tlxi.5 worksheet, we'il explore the short animated film "For the Birds" by Pixar, focusing on plotstructure and literary devices commonly used in short stories. As you watch the film, think about hourthese elements contribute to the storytelling.Part1:Plot GraphAfterweighing "Farthe Birds", answer the following questions about its plot structure:1. What is the exposition (beginning) of the story? Describe the setting and charactersintroduced.The exposition of the start’ begins on a sunny simunier day in a rural area, where little birdsattempt to find a quiet space on the electrical power lines to mminate Nearby, a wheat farmsways gently in the breeze. However, when the first bird arrives, almost instantaneously, thesecond bird arrives, causing bickering among the birds who are trying to claim a spot on thepower line. This pattern continues with the subsequent birds, all of whom desire a tranquil andisolated space on the wire. As all the birds are quarreling, another bird settles on the electricalpole. This large, clumsy bird, which looks nothing like the others, honks and waves at themfrom a nearby power pole, interrupting their squabble and breaking up their argument.2. What event sen es as the inciting incident that sets the main conflict in motion?In the Pixar short film "For the Birds," the inciting incident that sets the main conflict inmotion occurs when a massive, awkward bird arrives and attempts to join the group of smallbirds perched on a telephone wire. This event disrupts the established order and triggers aseries of reactions from ±e smaller birds, who begin to mock and exclude the newcomer. TheLarge bird, unaware of their hostility, persists in trying to join them on the wire. This momentestablishes the central conflict, which is person vs. society, between the rude crowd of smallbirds and the oblivious larger bird.

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