Blackfish Values

In the movie, Blackfish, and the book Double or Nothing, characters are faced with scenarios and decisions that show a lack or an abundance of values. Written about her is the book Double or Nothing by Dennis Foon and the movie Blackfish, directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. Core values shown in this book are a lack of empathy and responsibility by King Hewitt. In Blackfish, John Hargrove exemplifies empathy while Seaworld and Sealand show a lack of empathy and responsibility.

In the book Double or Nothing, characters values are shown through their actions.” “I’m not falling for it. I’m an expert at this ploy. I hold my ground stare him in the face and hiss, literally hiss the following “Actually twelve, you said you’d double it.” I am good but he’s a pro. He gets this wounded look in his eyes. Tears start to form in his ducts. And then he winces and holds his heart to stop it from seizing up”. At this point in the book, King Hewitt (the pro) has stolen over $600 for his gambling addiction from Kip (narrator). King continues to do this despite realizing Kip’s situation where his family is bankrupt and has no money. Kong’s lack of empathy and responsibility for his actions has caused Kip to go bankrupt as well as lose the respect of others around him. King’s actions also caused Kip as well as himself to ruin relationships with ones close to them. …show more content…
He has not been victim of any attacks despite working as a killer whale trainer for several years. Even though he witnessed many incidents he remains as a trainer for Tilikum. He does it for Tilikum because he feels sorry for what has happened to the whale and how Seaworld and Sealand have treated TIlikum and other whales. This is an example of empathy shown by Jett. As a result of the empathy shown by Jett, no accidents have occurred since