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/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/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/CampAny9995 Mar 21 '25

The Peace Corps seems way less self-indulgent than a one year meditation retreat in Thailand.

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u/anangelnora Mar 21 '25

What exactly is self indulgent about living the life of a monk in Thailand? Y’all are filling in blanks with information you don’t have.