Lilo and Stitch

Sometimes there can be a fine line between family and friends. In the movie Lilo and Stitch, Lilo is a little girl whose mom and dad die when she is young. She lives with her older sister who she always gives a hard time to. Lilo’s sister decides it would be a good idea to let Lilo get a pet. The only thing is that Lilo picks out an alien who has a bad streak and wanted by the aliens in space. She picks him and names him Stitch, but he goes through all these bad streaks. Then he almost gets taken back, but they decide to let him stay. One line that is repeated in the whole movie is “Ohana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind.” This is extended to Stitch even though he is not family by blood. This movie gives the concept that family is not defined by blood, but it instead is defined by love and acceptance. Sometimes people who are family end up not being the true people they need to be. They can be negative and not supportive which makes them feel like non family. There are also friends that people have that may not be related by blood, but they become family. I have a friend who came into my life my freshman year of college as my roommate. We have grown into different types of people with different things happening in our lives, but we are still best friends. She has become like a sister to me and has been accepted into my family even though we are not related by blood. This is the type of relationships that Lilo and Stitch is trying to connect to people. It does not matter how long somebody has been in your life or even if they are blood related to you. Anybody can become a family member, and anybody can turn your life into something more meaningful. This story gives a good moral not only to young children, but it can also connect to our lives as adults. There will always be people entering your life that can become your Ohana. This may be a childhood friend who has always been there, or it could be a college roommate that you had no idea would become so important to you. As we grow older, we realize who our true family is and who we never want to leave behind.