A key convention in the feral child genre is the exploration of following strong role models and how a loss of these role models can affect someone's life. In the early scenes of Into That Forest, Hannah's parents have been revealed dead. Becky explained that 'caught up in its branches were a woman in white, like some sort of sprite or angel,' Hannah then realises that 'it were me mother taken by the current towards Becky knew not where'. In the first quote, Becky describes Hannah's mother as an angel or sprite, showing that she is no longer living,almost a ghost. After hearing this Hannah resorts to the tigers for help and closure. She now thinks of them as her own parents who she depends on to look after her. This helps Hannah through a long
