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Identify an important character in the film. Explain why the character is important and discuss what techniques the director uses to portray the character and the effect on the audience? By Tishya Kapoor In the film, The Whale Rider, by Nicki Caro, is about a young girl named Paikea Apirana (Pai) who is destined to become a leader and lead the community. However Koro, Pai’s grandfather expects a male leader to lead the community as he expects Maori tradition and culture to carry on. Koro refuses

Japan is one of the few countries that support the practice whaling. For decades, the country has continued to maintain its right to whale and shown aggressively lobbying with the International Whaling Commission (IWC) for reconsideration of commercial whaling. Commercial whaling is a practice that involves the hunting and killing whales for their oil meat, or whalebone. With their pro-stance on whaling, Japan has faced strong international criticism especially from environmentalists and Western

ocean won’t have to worry about when to hibernate or when to really stock up on food while other animals will. Animals also learn in different ways. One may also learn by watching the older adults in the group. Killer Whales are a mighty ocean animal. Killer whales live together in pods (NOAA).

A documentary is film dedicated to recording an aspect of reality for informational purposes. Documentaries can cover a wide variety of topics, such as the wildlife in the world. A major topic that has become relevant is the discussion of endangered species and the human impact on their lives. In the movie, The Cove, the portrayal of Ric O’Barry creates pathos and ethos to gives the audience a sense of urgency to help the fight against the slaughtering of dolphins in Taiji, Japan. Ric O’Barry, in

The Whale Rider, a novel written by Witi Ihimaera which is set on the East coast of New Zealand at Whāngārā. The novel tells the story of the local Māori iwi, Te Tai Rawhiti, and of Kahu, a young Māori girl whose spirit and determination challenges tradition to overcome adversity and lead her people into the advancing times. In this essay the theme of tradition The Whale Rider takes place during a time where Māori culture was witnessing a decline, there were concerns of the culture being assimilated

wrong and work harder to be the best you can be or you say that their right and just move on. In the novel The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera, the main protagonist Kahu gets shut down by her great-grandfather Koro Apirana multiple times because she is a girl and she is the next heir to be chief. But that breaks Maori tradition and Koro Apirana does not approve of that. The theme of The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera is how the power of others affects our self-esteem. Kahu doesn't let Koro Apirana’s hateful

spermaceti, whale bones, sperm, and whale oil. The Native Americans used whaling for tribal purposes. The colonist in NEw ENgland hunted whales for baleen and oil. Whaling also gave them better burning candles. This is how the number of hales began to decrease as time went on. Moreover, whales were hunted for mainly oil, because of this, colonists were hunting whales for half a century. To make the oil they carried pots on their ships, they would cook the oil after they hunted the whale and they put

Why I Think Dolphin Captivity should be Illegal Though it is fun to watch dolphins perform tricks and swim in the water, most of them don't enjoy it as much as we do. Dolphins aren’t happy swimming in concrete tanks, and they are often treated poorly. First of, the dolphins look like they're always smiling, but that is just the way their face always looks, so you don't know when they are happy or sad. Plus, dolphins shouldn’t be swimming in small tanks. Dolphins are suffering in captivity

End Humpback Whale Protection Say Fisheries Humpback whales would no longer be listed under the Endangered Species Act (www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest/esact.html) if U.S. fisheries managers get what they want, which is to end humpback whale protection. The group says that the whales are doing well now and don’t face extinction like they did when first put on the list. Humpback whales now are on the list as being in danger all over the world, however, on Monday a proposal was opened up to the public

ALLIGATORS Today we visited a Alligator Ranch and Hatchery in Louisiana. The Ranch is a climate-controlled environment and is home to more than 2,000 gators. The ranch was developed several years ago because the population of alligators was at an all time low of only 150,000 alligators, as people would hunt them for food and their skin. The Ranch raises the Alligators for several years, until they get about 4 feet in length and then release into the into the marsh. At 4 feet long the experts