Koro In Whale Rider

The book is written in narrative flow and shows Pocahontas’s development from a little girl to a grown woman. The author is showing how big of an impact a woman made to her people and culture. Even at the age of nine she was a main concern of her people because her father was Powhatan, the paramount chief. At that time she experienced strangers who came to her father’s kingdom in big ships. As the story progresses, she is more and more as a greatly influential person. Townsend portrays that she is the one who saved John Smith’s life. She also explains who Kocoom is and his relationship ties to Pocahontas.

Many men in the epic dismiss women’s abilities, or the possibility that they could be equals. Often, they write women off as not being intelligent. When Vali, the monkey king’s brother, tells his wife, Tara, that “the only reason to consult a woman is to find out what not to do” (Buck 196), implying that women cannot understand life or have authority. Vali completely ignores the validity of Tara’s argument because he perceives her, and all women, to be less intelligent than he. Vali’s opinion in this scene speaks to the larger view of women’s intellect throughout this epic. Women are also

During the first scene in Whale Rider, the protagonist Pai is born into a tribe that depends on her twin brother on becoming chief, but with his and their mothers’ death during childbirth, her grandfather Koro “wished in his heat that I (Pai) had never been born). Though his opinion of Pai changes as she grows and they become very close. Being the chief of the community, Paka takes tradition and culture very seriously Paka believes that Pai’s twin brother was born to be the chief, though the audience finds out that it was Pai’s duty to become chief. But while Pai shows this clearly, Koro’s antiquated ways and beliefs makes it difficult for her to assume her position as chief. Due to his commitment to the old ways, Koro is unable to accept

They expected her to be dead for the fact that she had not moved for several days. Hi'iaka then daringly tried to awake Pele by reciting a chant that would encourage her to awaken, sense it was the only best and safest option (Emerson, March 1915). In relief, the Goddess instantly awoke and came back to life. All the other companions and Hi'iaka were relived. The women and Goddesses then returned to Kilauea. Pele, overly joyed told the women of her amazing journey and asked every one of them if they would be willing to take the journey to bring back Lohi'au to the island. All refused and excused themselves humbly because the threats later before them. However, Hi'iaka agreed to take the treacherous job to fetch Pele's new lover and to face the perilous journey. Pele then laid strict rules for Hi'iaka to obey: first, the girl wasn't allowed to touch Lohi'au or to show any affection towards him and secondly, return within five days. But Hi'iaka had requests of her own from her sister as well. She asked to be given special spiritual powers to defeat any threat, to have a woman companion on quest, so Pele assigned Pā'ūopala'ā as a friend and finally, for Pele to bring no harm or destruction to the Ohia Lehua blossom forest or to her close friend: Hōpoe (Varez,

Townsend believed that there was nothing more that Pocahontas could have done for her people – she was kidnapped, took on a different culture, and married an English man, all for the sake of her society. “Now was the greatest labor to win her, guilty perhaps of her fathers wrongs, though not knowne as she supposed to go

For the kid who might be the chief" (Whale). Paikea turns out to be strongly fascinated on this legend because of the way that she is the latest of the bloodline descendant, which implies she is prepared to make every one of the basic decisions of being a chief other than the reality of being female. The youthful heroic girl refers to the legend when contrasting with herself as an approach to empower her rising as the current bloodline descendant. She keeps on participating in the myth all through the movie with a specific end goal to express her enthusiasm for her way of life (William, 3).

From the time she was on the boat shortly after being kidnapped, a young child and terrified, she still managed to keep her relationship with Fonta and found her true love, Chekura which she remained in a relationship with her entire life and eventually married. These relationships she formed during her hard times helped her remind her of her culture back in Africa, and the friends she had helped her to adapt and adjust to her new situations. She learned this skill with from her father in Africa, being told as a child “You must learn to respect, then you must learn to hide your disrespect” (Hill 21). Even those who caused her a lot of pain through her hardships Aminata remained respectful, such as caring for Fonta even as she demanded Aminata for all her food and massages. This ability to hold her disrespect allowed her to create lasting friendships out of the bad times of her

The film “Whale Rider” is an example of gender discrimination. It is a story about a girl, Paikea, who wants to be the new leader of her tribe. Paikea Apirana is the female protagonist of the film. She is an 11 year old girl, who was born into the Whangara patriarchal tribe. But Maori tradition states that only a male can carry the knowledge and be the leader of the tribe. Because of this, her grandfather, Koro the current leader, does not allow her to join in the leader training. She never gives up. And finally, she becomes the first female leader of the Maori tribe.

The film does not represent how strong of a supporter Pocahontas was of her tribe and how powerful she truly was. However, in the movie, Pocahontas disobeys her father to go out and meet Captain John Smith. There are two things to note with this. First, is that we are introduced to John Smith as “Captain” John Smith, automatically giving power to the white character, yet when introduced to her father Chief Powhatan, the term “Chief” was only introduced once and disregarded the rest of the movie. Also during that time period, a woman would not have left her father as it was a cultural norm for all tribal members to adhere to any strict directive from a parent Aidman & Reese, 1996). However, the movie makes it seem as it was normal because John Smith was white, privileged, and

Rawiri plays an important role in the novel which helped unfolding the events, ranging from minor to significant ones. He relates the events in the ‘Whale Rider’ as the role of the narrator, allowing the readers to form judgements and learn about things such as the Maori way of life and the characters through his eyes. He also give us his insights as he highlights themes and issues mentioned, like racial discrimination. Besides that, he is the one who sees the many signs of Kahu’s destiny as the leader of the tribe, piecing up a complete picture of her eventual rise as the leader. Additionally, he is her guardian, always protecting and looking out for her. With his carefree personality, he often provides comic relief especially in times of

<br>This passage explains the process of Toko catching the big fish. Toko knew that that night when they would go out fishing there would be a special catch for him. So he prepared himself by grabbing the

The film Whale Rider is based around a family living on the East Coast of New Zealand, in Whangara. The film revolves around two characters, Koro and his granddaughter Paikea. Koro is the chief in his village and he is growing old meaning soon he will have to pass down his title. Staying true to his history of passing down his

In the film 'Whale Rider', by Niki Caro which follows the journey of a young girl named Paikea Apirana and her struggle for acceptance as a leader of her Māori iwi, and especially her grandfather. An important character in this film is Pai herself. This character has significant importance as she is used to portray numerous important ideas and themes throughout the film. Pai helps me to understand and appreciate that women can also be leaders that are equal to men if they have the right attributes. The director Niki Caro uses numerous different film techniques to convey this idea, such as; the camera shots and camera angles when Pai is giving her speech to Koro, the use of camera angles and props in relation to the dialogue when Pai if fixing the motorboat engine, and the use of props when Pai is teaching herself to use the Taiaha.

John Longridge agrees to take care of his friend’s three pets, Luath, a young Labrador, Bodger, an old Bull Terrier, and Tao, a Siamese cat while the family is out of the country. Everything is fine until Longridge lives on a trip and the pets decide to find their way home on their own through the outback of the Canadian wilderness. Each of the pets faces an almost life ending peril during the trip. Bodger is attacked by a baby bear, Tao almost drowns in a river, and Luath suffers from severe infection from porcupine quills. Along the way the three friends encounter many different people, some are helpful and others are downright mean to them. But at the end of the story, they are reunited safe and sound with their family. The themes of

     He feels that the birth of a girl was the biggest curse ever. Pia secretly still wanting all the knowledge of her grandfather and I don’t think she actually thinking “I want to be the tribe leader” . I feel that for Pia is was just wanting the acceptance and uncondional love of her grandad. . Pia was learning and becoming exactly what the tribe needed and she was a girl. Pia would hear her grandfather trying to call in the whales but she knew that they were not listening to him. So she began to call them in for him. She had the power to do so. Pia wanted to what ever it took to help her grandad. I think as the movie progressed it got more intense . The granddad was wanting Pia out of his house . He felt she was messing up his world by not listening to him. She was rebelling from him and he wasn’t ready for that . He was used to the