Waltz with Bashir

One scene that really stood out to me was when Shmuel Frenkel was depicting his memory of the war. In his memory, not a lot of narration was used, but rather, a lot of images were produced. The scene showed the soldiers walking through a thick 'forest', with a large machine tank trailing behind. For the viewers, they can depict a little boy in the background carrying a bazooka-like gun. The soldiers had no idea what was going on, not even sensing the present dangers. In the scene, time seemed to slow down as the boy turned the gun toward the group of people, and fired. The bullet seemed to move by so slowly, passing the soldiers before hitting the tank. The scene ends with the soldiers quickly ducking down, locating the source of the attack, and furiously shooting at the boy. The last picture was the little boy on the ground dead.

This scene stood out to me a lot because of the impact of the war on the country as a whole. I was shocked that a little boy could even think about violence at such a young age. With war, I see only matured males getting involved; to think about even a little boy getting involved, is such a bizarre thought for me. Another thing too was the sudden response of the soldiers to fire at the boy. As soon as the missile hit the tank, the soldiers rapidly attacked the boy; in my opinion, I felt that the boy was shot more than necessary. I mean, this was a little boy! In my perspective, I felt that the boy lived such a short and corrupted childhood; he didn't deserve the fate he received. I understand that it was a soldier's innate reaction to fight back, rather than running away. However, I still see the whole scene as somewhat scary.