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The Hunt For The Wilderpeople Analysis

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The Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a Visual text about a 13-year-old boy named Ricky. Ricky changes and develops in the bush and at his new home throughout the whole story. He had never had a real family; he'd been thrust aside, from home to home, getting pushed to the side and abandoned. He never knew what it was like to have a real family who loved him. Since he never felt loved it caused him to retaliate and do many bad things. Ricky changes right from the beginning. He starts out as a boy, striving to find a family and someone who loves him for him. Then along the way changes and realises who his real family are, and who loves him. Ricky was troubled, he never knew what a real family was, he wanted a family who would accept him. Directors used film techniques and angles to show this. The text shows Ricky being destructive at the beginning but, as the story progresses, we see changes in his beliefs and attitude. Very early on in the story, Bella accepts him and Ricky finally feels what it's like to be loved, only then to find out how hard it is to lose someone you care about. He then must learn to be accepted and to accept Hector as his uncle and new family. Ricky wants to change for himself and his new family. He learns that both he and Hector are different, and they learn to work out their differences and to accept each other. The feeling of rejection over and over again can be very overwhelming and many kids experience this, especially Ricky in this text. Once you're

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