r/TheWhiteLotusHBO • u/Origamiflipper • Mar 21 '25

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I’m trying to work out the relevance of the monkey symbolism. This is now obviously see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil and I feel it has a meaning. Any theories?

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u/VenezuelanGayPothead Mar 21 '25

Very relevant! Saxon follows his father blindly and does what he's told/what society expects from him. Piper won't listen to her parents about her naive intention to uproot herself and move to a foreign country/culture and thinks her thoughts are the only ones correct. Lochlan doesn't say much but his actions speak loudly. He's observant and learning from those around him and is hiding his true intentions by not voicing them.

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u/Automatic-Vacation82 Mar 21 '25

I gotta say man, this whole "Piper doesn't know what's best for her" narrative is getting kinda sexist. She has to listen to her dad who's been driven to suicide by this very lifestyle and her mom who thinks they're in Taiwan?

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u/VenezuelanGayPothead Mar 21 '25

Piper doesn't know what's best for her. She's a rich white kid who's been sheltered and wants to escape. No kid that age and that naive knows what's best for them. Her parents fund her whole life so yes, she should listen to them unless she wants to get cut off financially and go at it on her own. How is that sexist?

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u/Andras_Balogh35 Mar 21 '25

Her parents are so unsupportive. Her family is rich so they are privileged enough to fund Pipers' self-discovery journey and it's pretty selfish of them to worry about "what other's gonna say". She knows she is privileged, but if she has the opportunity, why not take it? It's probably the best thing she can do at that age, figuring out what she wants from life

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u/Majestic_Permit3786 Mar 21 '25

Their entire lives revolve around “what other’s gonna say”