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The Giraffe Scene in the Last of Us

This scene is probably the most well known and well regarded scene in the Last of Us. I recently replayed the game and somehow the emotions hit me even harder this time around. The Last of Us is largely a tragic tale about the loss of innocence. Ellie throughout the game has to commit increasingly horrible acts to survive and experiences tremendous loss. The toll on Ellie is incredibly noticeable during the opening of the spring chapter. She’s withdrawn and melancholy. Ellie seems to have lost a bit of herself after what happened at the close of the winter chapter. That moment when she first pets the giraffe you get to see the innocence that both the gamer and Ellie though was lost. Ellie is once again showing wonder and excitement with the world that was last seen at the beginning of her journey. No matter the trials and hardships she has gone through Ellie has managed to hold onto the part of her that finds the world worth living in. She still manages to see the beauty in what others would find mundane. The hope that this scene brought to the characters within the tragic tale was enough to make me and many others tear up. I don’t think I’ve seen a scene in a video game convey the emotions of the characters without dialogue as well as this one. This is just a part of why the Last of Us is considered great.