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Horton Hears A Who A Reflection Of Life
An animated story, a reflection of life? When you really think about it, there are so many simple stories that teach you invaluable lessons about life. Even the ones that don’t really have a moral at the end are to a great extent some kind of a statement about life. That’s because stories are told by humans so no matter what the characters are, there is some element of human life that is bound to be touched upon.
In Horton Hears A Who, if you were to look beneath the surface of a sweet little animal tale set in the Jungle of Nool, you would really be surprised to see how the relationships between the animals have such a human angle. The complexities of many social settings are very evident and that part of the tale is definitely more human than animal. This is like so many of the animated movies of this kind of genre - Jungle Book, The Ice Age, Shrek, to name a few. And now, Horton Hears A Who, already famous as a book is about to take its place in this august company of animated films with a human touch.
Look at Horton. He may be larger than life and a little too good to be human, but let’s face it, we do know people who are rather caring and who would do a lot for their friends. Sweet, innocent souls who are almost angelic. For Horton, a person’s a person no matter how small. It really is what his large wonderful heart full of love and caring is all about.
Pitted against that is the typical social ‘cat’ – the kangaroo. She is the know-it-all and what she does not know or understand has to be ridiculed and cruelly exterminated. She cannot understand Horton’s obsession over a speck of dust and she does not want to try. She passes verdict that the speck is to be cast forth and she has the black bottomed eagle, Vlad Vladikoff do just that. She also incites the Wickersham clan of monkeys to hassle poor Horton. Then, horror of horrors, at almost the end, in her true Cruella style, she wants the little Whos boiled in Beezle-Nut juice!
The eagle and the monkeys play their part in true mob manner, getting easily excited and going along in the plot to make fun of and insult Horton. Then it gets worse as they get even more excited and beat him and maul him.
The Whos too, are happy in their world till they realize just how insignificant they are in the grand scheme of things. It takes a disaster to make them all come together out of their complacency and do their best to save their world. Finally, it is the voice of one small boy which adds to the din and makes it heard. The Mayor of Whoville plays an important part as a good leader to keep his people safe and his world happy. His speech is reminiscent of the great oratory of the leaders of old and it is he who incites his citizens on to success.
Once that happens, the truth is clear and in all fairness, the kangaroo is the first one to acknowledge it and insist that the little people should be protected. Knowledge opens the doors to decency. How like life!