This film takes place in a small house in the countryside.
The conflict is stanly vs. himself.
The climax is when the bird, mom, and dad stops working.
One of the symbol is the bird which represents life.
The irony is that what Stanley thought would cheer the girl up, ended up scaring here away.
The theme of this film is that there is no eternal life, and that we have to face the sadness of losing something.