Plot Analysis

A girl goes on a journey back home to historic Charleston after hearing the news of her parent's death. She lives in a tiny apartment in Memphis, and even though she's going back home for a morbid cause, she feels release in the remote place her parent's lived, inside their large house. It gives her space to think, and with this though, she begins having flashbacks with her parents in every place that she goes. Her childhood dream was to become a director, and in her flashbacks, her parents constantly remind her of this. But, when she is alone, she feels there's nothing interesting for her to write about. Birds become a symbol for her entrapment and how she is unable to find interest in the world because she's run away from the past rather than confronted it. In the midst of her confusion, she finds another odd thing is happening. She becomes aware of herself, outside of the situation in physical form, seeing herself filming. In her memories, she also sees this "second self" while she is with her parents. Her flashbacks and her reality collide until she can no longer tell the difference, and it is at this moment that she realizes she must become the spectator, she must let herself out of the cage and find interest in the simple and everyday once more.