After The First is a parable - a story that has a moral or teaches a lesson. To figure out the moral of the film, first ask yourself what lesson Steve's father and mother wanted him to learn? Second, what do you think Steve actually learned?
Then discuss what you took away from the film.
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After the first was a film that showed the power guns can bestow on their holder. Steven was so excited to be shooting a gun until he saw his father take the life of a rabbit. This changed stevens perspective completely. He no longer was alright with what he was doing. You could see how uncomfortable he was, and after shooting his own rabbit he had had enough and just left. This shows the reality of what guns can really do, and stevens reaction showed the initial disbelief of taking another animals life.
I think its interesting how Steven's opinion of hunting prior to actually going was that of excitment and joy because that is what he saw in his father whenever he talked about hunting. But as soon as his father killed the first rabbit, he realized that it wasn't fun, it was taking an animals life,which is hard for a young boy to comprehend. Steven quickly realizes that they are harming innocent animals for enjoyment and reevaluates his opinion of hunting and the trip end abruptly. Stevens father doesn't understand because he sees it as sport and thats plenty reason to kill a rabbit but for steven there is no reason good enough.
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"After the First' points out a lot of things around gun power and the killing off living things. The mother wanted Steve to stay young and innocent and not learn the harsh realities of "becoming a man" and learning to hunt. The father was ready for his boy to be opened to the truth and be desensitized. Steven was extremely excited to learn the ways of his father. When first shooting the gun at random objects, Steven loved the power, but when the first living thing was murdered he was horrified. All that power could harm innocent living creatures and he didn't feel it was right. He doesn't believe there is any reason to go killing many rabbits let alone one.
I think Steve's father wanted him to learn the feelings of power and masculinity that come with hunting. However, Steven ended up learning that life was a precious thing, and that he had the unfair ability to take the life of an unsuspecting creature. I think the movie was trying to make the point that even if someone has the power to do something drastic, such as kill, they shouldn't necessarily use this skill. Steven and his father had an unfair advantage over the rabbit, and exploited it. Making a decision to kill another living thing is a decision that no one has the right to make.
"After the First", gets the audience think about the power of a fire arm. Steve's mother didn't want her young boy to become a man. She wanted her child to remain innocent, shooting would be a traditional initiation of adulthood practiced in the family. The Father wanted Steve to learn how to shoot because his father taught him and so he wants to pass on family tradition to his legacy. Steve loved the adrenaline and power he had when he shoot the tree stump. After his father killed and innocent creature, Steve saw the horror of shooting and not the glory of pleasure: shooting the stump. When his dad pressured him to kill the rabbit he understood that his innocence had left him and that he was a man. Though at the end "is two enough" is his way of acknowledging the dark side and his Apprehension of shooting again. What I took away from the video is that the love of fire arms is glorify be the traditions of the family. Children should have the knowledge of fire arms, and this video would be a great model for teaching children and parents what the effects of a fire arm can do to the conscience of any pure innocent mind. Steve was wise to understand the dark side to fire arms but I am unsure what will the people with unstable minds will do to the soul. Fire arms are no joking manner but people should allow children to see the effects so they wouldn't do it outside the nurturing care of a love one.
"After the First" made me think about the difference between the perception of taking a creatures life, and the actual action of killing an animal. Before they left to go hunting Steve was noticeably excited. He was holding the gun and couldn't wait to take off. While Steve was practicing using the rifle he was having fun but everything changed when his dad killed the first rabbit. then when Steve killed his first rabbit he had had enough. While walking away Steve's dad told him it gets better after the first one, and that the first one is always the hardest. I think that beyond the obvious lesson about the power of guns the short film is trying to teach a lesson about how some things that may seem fun and cool might actually be harder on the people than meets the eye.
I think Steve's father was trying to have some father son bonding time and his dad thought what better way than by hunting, a masculine "sport." Steve is excited at first but once he sees his dad kill a rabbit he realizes that hunting isn't a sport at all, but abuse to innocent animals. You could sense this by the way his attitude changes from happy at the beginning of the hunting trip with his dad to sad when his dad kills the rabbit and when his dad forces him to kill one too. He then understands that no one has the right to kill animals just for fun.
First of all, I thought that the way that a full coming of age tale seemed to be told in this very short video was amazing by the people who made the film. In the beginning it seemed to me that Kevin was a normal little kid. He clearly admired his dad to a great extent and simply wanted to please him. He was excited to go hunting simply because his dad was so excited to bring him. In the car, Kevin foreshadowed his soon changing attitude when he seems distraught after asking his dad if he killed anyone in the war. In the end, it was no surprise that Kevin hated killing anything even a bunny. This film shows how easily the innocence of a child is lost and how quickly a boy becomes a sad empty shell of his former self when he grows up into a man.
AT the beginning of the film Steve was in his room excited more then ever to be going hunting for the first time. His mother was concerned and didn't believe that her son was ready. As Steve and his father went off, Steve realizes the power of guns and the damage they can do. As Steve's father takes the shot at the bunny, Steve's perspective of what guns can do changes. He becomes uncomfortable with the fact that his dad was using a gun to kill a living thing. Later on in the film when Steve's day tells him so to take the shot, Steve see's what he did as a sin, but his dad see's what he did as an accomplishment. This makes Steve more uncomfortable and wants to stop hunting.
“After The First” film showed the reactions of guns and what they can do. In this film Steve was portrayed to be very excited to use the gun with his father. When they first went out in to the woods Steve was happy shooting the gun at a target such as the stump. But when his father shot the first rabbit Steve’s attitude soon changed. In the film Steve seemed to think long and hard about shooting the rabbit before he did, it looked like he did not want to kill the rabbit but did not want to disappoint his father. This film shows what guns can really do, and the consequences you have to live with or even the guilt.
In the film After the first, Steve's mother did not want Steven to hunt because she may think he could see the evil in guns. His father just wanted him to have a good time by accompanying him in something he loved to do. After watching the film, i think Steven may have been too young to shoot a real gun and kill an animal because he soon regretted what he did and looked at his father in a negative way for wanting to kill the rabbits. Personally, I dont believe hunting is a bad thing, but bad things can obviously be done with guns. I think Steven immediately realized that he can only view experiences with guns as evil things.
Steve's father and mother wanted him to learn? Second, what do you think Steve actually learned? Then discuss what you took away from the film.
Steve's father wanted to teach his son how to hunt and use a gun, just like his father had taught him when he was young. Steve's mother thought that he was to young for his father to be taking him out and teaching him how to use a gun and kill rabbits. What Steve actually learned was that emotionally he was not ready to be killing small innocent animals like his dad wanted him to. When Steve killed the rabbit, it was clear from his expression that he did not enjoy it and had mixed feelings about hunting and killing animals. What I took away from the film was that maybe sometimes people cannot tell how a person will be affected by certain things. Steve's dad had no idea that killing rabbits would be such a big deal to Steve. Steve's dad said he did it when he was only 9, but he didn't realize that Steve would feel so differently and probably was not ready to hunt.
In the film, After the First, Steven displayed excitement towards the idea of shooting guns in the woods with his Dad. However, in the end, he was very sullen and obviously disapproved the act of killing rabbits. I think that his excitement came from how his Dad glorified the whole experience of hunting animals. However, I think it was simply the idea of bonding with his Dad and taking part in something that his Dad loved to do that made him excited but in it was later revealed that he didn't like the actual act of killing things. It seemed as if Steven lost some of his innocence after killing the rabbit and he was depressed because of that.
I believe that "After the First" was supposed to show the transformation of a boy into a man. When the father and mother were talking in the kitchen the mother asks if the father thinks Steve is old enough. The father relies saying his father took him out while he was even younger. In my opinion this shows how the mother was not sure if the son was ready or if he could handle the experience, but the father seemed to think he could handle it. Steven was having fun when he was shooting stumps and trees, but as soon as the target became something alive the game changed. After Steven shot and killed the rabbit he paused and to me he must have been thinking "what gave me the right to end that innocent creatures life?" This shows the impact that killing can have on people.
In the film "After the First" the little boy, Steven was very excited about going hunting for the first time with his father. His father was also very excited to bring his son out as a birthday present from just him. Steven's mother did not think it was a good idea. She thought that it was a dangerous thing for a child his age to be doing. When Steven took his first shot at a tree stump, he was very excited and seemed to enjoy it very much. He continued to shoot at several targets, but no animals just yet. When his father saw his first rabbit of the day, he took advantage of the opportunity and shot and killed the rabbit. Once Steven saw this, he seemed to feel very bad for the rabbit and did not seem to enjoy hunting anymore. He did not speak up to his father and tell him how sorry he felt. When Stevens time came to shoot the rabbit, he shot and killed it. Once this happened, Steven began to feel very upset. As the story progressed, Steven's mood changed from being very happy and excited in the beginning of the story, to being very uncomfortable and upset because of the killing of the rabbits.
In the film after the first, Steve wants to be taught how to use a gun and wishes to go hunting with his father. Before they leave on their adventure, Steve thinks guns are powerful and cool but doesn't realize the destructive power the they can really have. The hunt quickly taught Steve that guns are deadly and that in order to carry out the hunt he must kill innocent animals. From this story I learned that not everything is always as you expect it to be and that just because you may think you will like something doesn't mean you will.
The documentary "After the First" was really interesting. The lesson that the father was trying to teach the child was that after the first time you do something, it always gets easier. The father taught Steve this by taking him hunting. Steve thought he was ready to go and kill an animal but when the time came and he pulled the trigger, he was devastated. Steve could no handle the fact that he just killed a rabbit and walked away. I think that the moral of the story is that when you think you are ready to go the next step in your life, always make sure you are ready before you actually do.
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Steven is a child with good morals and managed to get a glimpse of dissapointment when a great time turned bad. Steve was excited to go hunting with his father and didn't realize what guns can actually do. Steve was having fun until his father shot the rabbit; Steve was stunned and then asked to shoot one on his own and he did. He felt a sense of guilt in himself and dissapointment in his dad for killing an innocent living creature. Stevens father does not see Steve's side because he is desensitized by war and the people around him that go hunting. Going against the group can be tough and Steve learned that listening to his father created that sense of guilt.
I thought that this movie had a message that mirrored our lives today. Not only are our friends or classmates influencing our decisions and values, but our parents and family are too. I think that peoples true values are being altered from a young age due to all of the influences in our society today. The movie showed us how easy it is for ourselves to alter our true opinions in matter of seconds, just like when Steve decided to shoot the rabbit. Our whole lives people are telling us what and what not to do in certain situations to the point where our own values, that we believed on our own, are fading.
I think that Steves father wanted him to learn how to hunt and enjoy it. I think Steves mother wanted him to also learn, but she didn't think he was old/ready enough. I think that this movie left the message of people are influencing others to change their values. Steve clearly did not want to kill that bunny and he didn't think it was right, but his father encouraged him to do it anyways and Steve didn't want to dissapoint him. Although Steves father is just one person, he influences Steve to go against his values just like social groups influence individuals to go against their values.
When viewing the film After The First, I felt that the family situation had been relatively similar to how families run at home in this day in age. The boys usually look up to their fathers as girls look up to their mothers. After shooting the rabbit I feel that Steve truly learned that he did not like hunting after all, even though his dad may have. Steve is still young and his outlook on different things since birth has always been what his parents have taught him. I believe the film is very relatable because everyone has been through a similar experience and has looked through lenses at first that your parents have molded us in. I feel like this film was appropriate for high school students because it is a reminder that everyone isn’t the same and that people have different tastes. I feel like the film primarily taught us how important it is to try new things out to see what we are interested in.
Guns represent power. Especially in this novel, Steve felt very empowered and thrilled to shoot a gun. This was all well and fine when shooting a tree stump. But when he realized that his father had used the same object to kill a living breathing animal, he realized the true power of the gun and became disgusted by it.
"After The First" is a coming of age story. I believe that when someone experiences violence or aggression for the first time, they lose their innocence and become a man or a woman. Humans are not instinctively violent, but we learn through traumatic experiences, that aggression is needed to survive. The agresssiveness of our society shapes us into mature adults. This explains why children who are "babied" are often very immature compared to those who experience reality. Although Steve's father probably felt bad after they went hunting, experiences like these are necessary for children to be ready to deal with the rest of society. After shooting the rabbit, Steve found it difficult to accept that he was no longer an innocent child, but an aggressive man.
After The First is a short film where a boy named Steve goes to hunt with his father for the first time. At first he is thrilled to go and gets even more excited when target practicing. But when he sees his father kill the first rabbit his view on hunting changes. When he is about to shoot his first rabbit Steve is pressured from both his father pushing him to do it and his own beliefs telling him not to do it. He gives into his father, shoots the rabbit, and it becomes clear that he regrets his decision.
After the first was a short film that showed how someone conscience can be beaten by someone who they respect pressing them to do something. It shows the pressure to conform to the norm which in this case is killing. this shows how one can lose his individuality. In the end the person has lost a sense of who he was and over all loses his own set of values.
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