When Lambs Become Lions is a documentary that captures the story of the main character “X” who is trying to provide for his family by illegally poaching. Although the main character is committing horrible and illegal acts, the filmmaker tries to capture his reasoning and his motivation in a way that helps the viewer sympathize with “X. ”The overarching theme was perseverance in the face of struggle. X’s motivation was to provide for his family without having to work long hours for very low pay. The dramatic arc was when the rangers were introduced. The rangers hold the responsibility of finding, capturing and killing the poachers. The exposition was when the context of the story was introduced. When we were introduced to Asan and Lukas and understood their stories, we understood the politics of the situation. The rising action was when they set off to find another elephant to poach but rangers were everywhere, and the turning point was when Lukas decided to stop poaching with X because the rangers were dominating the land and enforcing very harsh punishments on the poachers. The falling action occurred when we realized that every character had lost hope in poaching and had to find another way to live. The denouement occurred after the director told us the updates on each character’s life, X becomes a ranger, Asan finds another job, and Lukas passes away from HIV. This story structure was very easy to follow and very engaging. The story itself was depicted beautifully and it showed an unbiased view of both sides of the poaching issue.
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