The Man Who Planted Trees

                                                      
I loved this story. It has that feeling of a bedtime story to it and the narrator has an amazing voice. I found the animation extremely beautiful and it added to the story book feel. The roughness of the drawings and the fact that they didn't match up perfectly gave the animated parts a fluttery look. I liked this because it created a constant sense of motion and life like wind blowing through the trees.

                                                       
From a story point of view it was a nice change from Hunger and Ryan. It was a simple story of a man who saw something that needed help and took it upon himself. So often human power is looked on as something negative. Stories are more likely to tell of men destroying forests than they are to tell of men building them. I like that The Man Who Planted Trees illustrates that one person can do a whole lot of good. It also shows the power of dedication and the beauty of a simple life.