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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I found it interesting that all of the weakest, “worst” characters were all still very tethered to their parents in adulthood, as if they’re just perpetual little children. We saw Rachel call her mom, Olivia went and cried to her mom, Shane’s mom shows up on his honeymoon, Tanya’s literally carrying her dead mom around, Mark’s problems spiraled when he found out about his dad’s past... By contrast, we know nothing at all about the families of Armond, Belinda, or Paula. They’re out there making their own ways without the benefit of (or burden from) parental ties. And then there’s Quinn, who seems to have found redemption in choosing Mother Earth over his own mother.[/quote]

Paula is way worse than Rachel. [/quote]

Paula was at least genuinely trying to help someone else, misguided as it was. Rachel’s only trying to help herself.[/quote]

Was she, though, or was she just trying to screw over the Mossbachers? [/quote]

I think it was both.  She cared and wanted to help the boyfriend but she hated that the Mossachers were so clueless about the struggles of the locals.  She though it was the perfect plan to help him and to stick it to them.[/quote]

He's not her boyfriend, though. He asked her to stay in Hawaii and she basically laughed at him, it was so inconceivable. He was a fling. She didn't even care about him enough to text when their plan was in jeopardy. I think it's possible she fooled herself into thinking that this was a righteous thing to do but even a sliver of thought would have revealed all the flaws in the plan. I don't think she really believed that she was doing a good with this plan - I think she used that as pretext.[/quote]

she also had no morals-  kai was like" i don't steal from people" as if that is an obvious character trait, which iy should be, and she totally blows that off.  This illustrates that she is a Mossbacher, that is the difference between the colonizer and their victims, the colonizers justify their act of theft as something everyone would do, as the reasonable action.  I actually know domestics and most who were like kai wouldn't have gone ahead with the theft regardless of the temptation b/c they have this "i may be poor but im honest" mindset and silently judge wealthy people they serve " you might not have stolen anything but someone somewhere along the  line did and that is why i serve you, i am honest and you are morally inferior and thus wealthy" People leave valuable stuff around resorts all teh time, teh staff don't steal it, its not worth it, they'll get caught. I agree that this portrayal of kai made him out as an  innocent & noble savage stereotype. Its more likely someone like him is screwing a new girl every new batch of  guests at the resort and he'd know that staff would come under suspicion after a theft. [/quote]

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