Choose two questions from the list below as well as discussing other aspects of the text and connections to previous texts we has read. ( “the very old man with enormous wings” by garcia marquez or “the book of sand” by borges
1. How do the fairytale monsters in the film parallel “real” events or characters in the film?
2. What does the film say about women and girls in wartime?
3. Why do you think the director uses both fairytale and ultra-violence elements in the film? What is created by doing this?
4. Disobedience is an important theme in the film. How and why is Ofelia’s disobedience shown? What do we learn from it?