![]() It’s just something to make it easier to be together without saying they want to be in each other’s lives. Even if they do find it, I am sure they’ll have a new thing to keep them together. As long as the bird exists, they’ll need to stick together to find it. They both see the potential of the bird but you don’t realize in that moment that the bird will be their excuse to continue to be in each other’s lives. When Hector and Ricky encounter the bird, it doesn’t seem like a major scene. Hector also chooses to go with Ricky, instead of staying alone and being miserable, when earlier in the film, he tried everything he could to get away from Ricky. He uses it to tell Ricky that he cares about him. He now knows how to read and can make haikus to express himself, similar to Ricky. We also see Hector fully transformed at the end as well. He even mourns Bella and his dog Zag, instead of burying those feelings. Throughout The Hunt for the Wilderpeople, we see Hector mature and open up more. Ricky and Hector also have the same maturity level at times, like when they both tell each other that they hate the other-a clearly childish response. We learn in The Hunt for the Wilderpeople that Ricky and Hector’s stories are similar in that they both were orphans and Bella saved them. He also planned to disappear, once Ricky left, and survive in the wild. Hector also tried to run away from his problems by not fighting Child Services for Ricky. ![]() Once they both lose her, they both lose their sense of hope and support system. Hector is just as closed off from the world as Ricky, but he has Bella. The Hunt for The Wilderpeople is as much about Hector’s journey as it is Ricky’s journey. He becomes a much more honest and self-reliant child. He’s a city kid who learns to hunt, navigate, and other survivalist things. We the audience also witness Ricky learn to survive in the wild. It seems that by the end of The Hunt for The Wilderpeople, Ricky is finally comfortable being himself and that means shedding the style that makes him seem tougher. He’s actually a really sensitive lovely kid who is pretending to be something that he’s not. Yeah well, that’s the thing about Ricky Baker. In a Taika Waititi interview with Flicks Talk, he points out that Ricky is “not a bad egg.” He further shared: In the first half of the movie, it’s like he’s in a costume, but by the final half, he can show more of his true self through his clothing. He starts out wearing baggy clothes that mainly consists of hoodies, but by the end, his clothes are more form-fitted and he wears button-up shirts. Ricky also changes the way he dresses from the beginning to the end. At the very beginning, Ricky only says a few words but after spending time with Bella, he is much more open, optimistic, and talkative. The audience witnesses this physical transformation in little ways throughout the movie, like when he becomes more talkative. By the end of The Hunt for The Wilderpeople, Ricky undergoes an emotional change as well as a physical one.
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