Wanna be a man? Go play with bears.

Timothy Treadwell is an interesting character. The fact that he spent 13 summers with wild grizzly bears deserves my respect. I also feel that his purpose for being with the bears was not as effective has he would have liked. Due to Timothy’s obscure personality characteristics, it seemed more like a man “playing” with bears rather than protecting them. Whenever it came to a time where the bears could do with a little help, timothy was well hidden making empty threats while watching from afar. I do believe that there is much we can learn from bears, but I do not think that Timothy’s strategy was effective. I know he did countless work with other organizations (grizzly people, etc…), but Herzog’s film overcast these by Timothy’s charismatic and “childish” personality.

I thought it was very interesting the way that Timothy used women in his fight to save the bears. In the film taken by Timothy’s cameras, Amy is the only women to make two short appearances. I don’t know if Amy didn’t want to be on camera with Timothy, but the fact that Timothy wanted to keep the “lone protector” appearance, makes me think differently. I feel that Timothy having multiple women who feel that they are his widow makes me think that Timothy used multiple women in his campaign to save the bears. I get the feeling that the women were captivated in Timothy’s charisma and was willing to help at all costs, even death. The last woman introduced in the film to have a close relationship with Timothy only seemed so because he needed to get to the “bear maze” somehow, and she was his jumping off point. I believe that Timothy has an obscure idea what it is to be a man.