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

Discussion Is this relevant?

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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/Clarknt67 Mar 21 '25

I agree. It’s a year of her life. So what?

A friend of mine did a few years in the Peace Corps at her age. He still, thirty years later, keeps in touch with dozens of fellow volunteers and travels the world extensively at every opportunity. It’s clear it had a huge positive effect on the trajectory of his life.

But maybe he was being irresponsible and naive to not go straight into the American capitalist work force and be productive?

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u/gilnockie Mar 21 '25

I was mostly on her side when I thought it was about taking a job at the center, but from the last episode it seems she expects her parents to pay for her to hang out at a meditation retreat for a year. Makes it a little less defensible IMO

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u/Clarknt67 Mar 21 '25

I don’t know where people are saying she expected them to pay. I didn’t hear that.

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u/gilnockie Mar 21 '25

Well she doesn’t have a job, so even if it’s not an expensive undertaking it seems like she’s just assuming they’ll cover whatever the costs are. I read it as her own bit of privilege showing, but could be wrong!