Trapped. Have you ever felt trapped before, be it physically, mentally, or emotionally? When you are trapped, you can often feel frustrated or even afraid and desperate to escape. All of these emotions describe exactly how Joshua feels in John C. Lange’s short animation, “Joshua in a Box.” In this short film, Joshua struggles to escape from his environment. Once he is free, he feels excited at first, but later he becomes saddened and lonely. Eventually he ends up reverting to the ways with which he was raised for comfort. In the beginning of the video, Joshua seems almost happy and content. However, as time continued to pass, Joshua grew more restless and upset. He begins acting out and trying to escape his home. After trying for
