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Are others in danger?The Wild Robot · 2024 — Chapter 11 of 15 · 6'28" · B1
Roz Calls a Storm Truce, Explained: keep it together
The animals hate each other and Roz is glitching, yet she asks them for one thing before she shuts down: a truce. "We all got one chance to see next spring," she says, and the room has to decide whether to hold together.
What happens
A storm forces every animal on the island into the shelter Roz built. Tempers flare as predators and prey are packed together, and Fink struggles to keep order. Before her battery fails, Roz asks them to promise a truce so that all of them can live to see spring.
Listen for
knock it offgrow on treeskeep it togetheroh, great
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Phrase of the scene
keep it together
稳住，别散架；别内讧
芬克对满屋互相敌视的动物立规矩：谁先出门谁死，屋里再撑不住，大家一起完。
We have one rehearsal left, so let's keep it together and run the full set.
Also in this scene
- knock it off
住手，别再闹了
- grow on trees
唾手可得、取之不尽（多用于否定）
- oh, great
哦，太好了（反话，其实嫌糟）
- accounted for
清点到位、一个不少
- here's the deal
听好了，条件是这样
Everything marked in this scene
35 notes across 89 lines
you certain about this?
Are you sure about this?ours alone
We could have the whole island to ourselves come spring.when spring comes
We could have the whole island to ourselves come spring.the one shot left
Nor me, but right now we are their only chance.quit
Don't give up.look unwell
You don't look so good.ROZ [glitching]: Is everyone accounted for?fight outside, not in here
Take it outside.Knock it off. You think those grow on trees?Knock it off. You think those grow on trees?tends to bite
Eh, smelly, noisy, prone to biting?get lost / leave
Get out of here.But here we are, and here's the deal.First one that walks out that door is dead, and if we can't keep it together in here, everyone's dead.And while you all ran from her and stole from her and made fun of her,bet it all
she risked everything to bring you here.power off Roz is about to lose power and go dark
Before I shut down, I need you to promise me one thing.superlative clause
weak form
liaison
elision
going to — spoken default; write going to on the page
jerk (stuttered insult) — mild jab among familiars; skip it in formal talk
too bad — casual sigh; in writing, try unfortunate
flap
little fluffballs (kids) — affectionate nickname; here, the possum babies
relative clause
flap
pseudo-cleft
relative clause
appositive clause
comparative clause
stress
liaison
Roz Calls a Storm Truce, explained
What's really going on
The scene turns a shelter into a test of whether a community can exist at all. Roz has brought predators and their food supply under one roof, and Fink names the problem plainly: everyone here hates someone. What Roz offers is not friendship but a rule for survival — "we must become more than we were programmed to be." That line is the film's thesis, spoken by a machine that has already outgrown its own programming. The promise she asks for is small and temporary, a truce only while they are indoors, but it is the first time the island agrees to anything together. Survival, here, depends on choosing something other than instinct.
Theme
SurvivalPredators and prey share one shelter, and Roz argues they must break instinct to live to spring.
TrustShe asks for a truce while they are indoors, a small deal that makes living together possible.
What you'll learn
- Use a truce for a temporary ceasefire
- Hear keep it together as stay steady
- Catch Oh, great as sarcasm
- Use programmed to be for breaking a default
Listen for
- I've ever seen — weak form
- got to me — liaison
- We're gonna be — elision
- Knock it off — flap
we must become more than we were programmed to be.Roz's thesis: survival requires acting against instinct, and even she has outgrown her original code.
Most of you hate me, and I hate most of you.Fink's blunt opening, admitting the room's hostility before he asks anyone to change.
she risked everything to bring you here.The reminder that Roz saved animals who had mocked her, turning the debt into an argument for the truce.
We all got one chance to see next spring.The stake, stated simply: one night of peace is the difference between life and death.
Questions about this scene
Why does Roz want a truce?
Because the animals are trapped together in the storm and will turn on each other. She asks them to hold off so that all of them get a chance to see spring.
What does Roz mean by 'become more than we were programmed to be'?
She means the animals, and she herself, must act against their instincts if they want to survive. It is the film's idea that change is possible.
Do the animals agree to the truce?
Yes. One animal goes first with 'I will not harm anyone,' and others fall in line, though not everyone is happy about it.
Why does Fink say most of them hate him?
He is a fox among prey animals, and he has always been an outsider. His line is both a joke and an honest summary of the room.
The Wild Robot · 15 chapters
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Up next · Chapter 12put at easeVontra Comes to Collect Roz
Chapter 1run for your livesRoz Boots Up on the Island
Chapter 2make it upRoz Becomes an Accidental Mother
Chapter 3in my natureFink Teaches the Gosling
Chapter 4eat those wordsRoz Names the Gosling Brightbill
Chapter 5do someone a favorBrightbill Takes the Swimming Test
Chapter 6bought thisBrightbill Learns the Truth About Roz
Chapter 7take something the wrong wayRoz Confesses It Overrode Its Code
Chapter 8small wings are teethThunderbolt Teaches Brightbill to Fly
Chapter 9worse for wearThe Geese Say Goodbye
Chapter 10buy you some timeRoz Leads the Flock Out
Watching · Chapter 11keep it togetherRoz Calls a Storm Truce
Chapter 12put at easeVontra Comes to Collect Roz
Chapter 13make it look goodRoz Refuses to Leave the Island
Chapter 14going off scriptRoz and Brightbill Say Goodbye
Chapter 15put rightRoz Says Goodbye to BrightbillChapter 11 of 15 · about 14 min to go