Robert Caro

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro Academic Review Robert Caro’s grandiose 1,296 page book, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, reveals the story of the complex and controversial persona of America’s greatest builder Robert Moses. The magnificently well-written piece of work received Pulitzer prize as well as Francis Parkman prize for best book of the year. Caro, born in 1935 in New York City, showed interest and passion for writing

Whale Rider Essay ‘Whale Rider’ directed by Nicki Caro has won many awards such as Critic’s Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer and Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film. The award-winning film explores the many privileges, obligations and duties of the leaders and potential leaders in protagonist Pai’s Maori community. Caro does this through characterisations of Pai, and her supporting characters, such as Koro, her grandfather. He believes that his duty was to establish

The movie Whale Rider, directed by Niki Caro, have many things in common with the book Nervous Conditions, written in 2002 by Tsitsi Dangarembga. These two share many common themes such as sexism, discrimination, and loss. The two main characters of each story share one major characteristic in common. Paikea from Whale rider, and Tambo from Nervous Conditions, both disrupt the sociological and cultural norms in their respective communities and challenge a greater authority, who is a part of their

Caro's focus on the pre-adolescent female protagonist in Whale Rider creates a parallel between the personal development of the individual and that of the ancient Maori culture in modern society. The Whangara people are portrayed as “a community frozen in time, waiting to be saved” (Hokowhitu 58) as they believe that their existence is reliant purely on a brave prophet, Paikea, who rode on the back of a whale to escape death. Whangara chiefs trust that each first born male has the potential to be

Chris Crutchers book Whale Talk is a book about T.J. and the swim team but there are bigger things going on that all revolve around violence. Violence is a huge key in this book because of Heidi, T.J.’s dads death, and the way Rich Marshall treats his family. Chris Crutchers purpose for writing Whale Talk was to show violence and how it affects people by using diction, irony, and a modern connection. Whale Talk uses a lot of swear words which is a form of diction. He uses swear words to emphasize

by Niki Caro. It is an adaptation of Witi Ihimaera's masterful novel ‘The Whale Rider’ (1987). The film encompasses the principles of Maori culture. Paikea, referred to as 'Pai' throughout the film is a girl destined to become a leader, despite there being no precedent for a woman to assume the role. Caro's Whale Rider effectively uses a variety of film techniques to convey the importance of the themes of leadership, gender roles and cultural devotion through the character of Paikea. Caro effectively

Nikki Caro Whale Rider Speech Hello Year 8, my name is Nikki Caro and today I am going to talk to you about the film Whale Rider. I directed Whale Rider in 2002. I did not write the plot by I was adapting he book ‘Whale Rider’ written by Witi Ihimaera. When I was directing the film I wanted to keep the traditional Maori culture as a main feature of the film and also represent the changes to the culture through generational differences. Today I will be talking to you about how I used filmic techniques

Good morning/afternoon Mr Tabueto and students. Today I will talk about the strength of Paikea, the young female protagonist of the movie “Whale Rider”. I am going to start at the end film where Paikea, or Pai as she is known, has just saved her ancestral tribe. As the tribal war canoe is being pushed out to the seas, Pai says in voice-over: “I am not a prophet but I know our people will keep going forward with ALL of our strength.” These powerful words come from an 11-year-old who has spent her

Whale rider is told in the context of a Maori tribe in modern New Zealand. The movie tells the story of a young girl, Pai, and her grandfather Karo, who must struggle with adapting a patriarchal Maori legend with the Pai's seeming affinity with sacred traditions. The music in this movie underscores each scene and leaves the viewer feeling moved emotionally. Music tells the audience how they should be feeling and what emotions they should be experiencing. It adds scale and dramatizes events. Music

Whale Rider Essay: Koro Apirana In the film ‘Whale Rider’, directed by Niki Caro, an old man named Koro Apirana is in search of a young man to take his place as chief. He has to change many of his views and beliefs to be able to become more accepting of his granddaughter, who shows the true potential of the new leader that he had been looking for. Throughout the movie, Koro has to learn that the world isn’t the same as it used to be. He must learn to love and accept his family, and that his opinion