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The first quadrant of the book Island of the Blue Dolphin, by Scott O’Dell, tells us about Karana and how she is adapting to the loss of her father and many other men. First in the book we are introduced to Karana and her brother Ramo, while they are picking up roots. Karana noticed something in the Ocean she knew that it was a ship but did not mention it to her brother because she knew that he would lose focus and run off. But once Ramo did notice it he asked Karana if she had ever seen a red

“Listen...once there were many of our protectors, now there are few.Listen to how empty our sea has become”-Koro Apirana(Pg. 50). This comes from not real life, but in a novel/book called The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera.The story follows a young girl named Kahu Apirana and how she battles her tribe's cultural beliefs in order to prove to her father she is worthy to be chief because he strongly accepts only men can be a chieftain, Koro originally desired his son, Porourangi’s newborn baby to be next

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

In Alex Rider: Snakehead, teenage agent Alex Rider is held hostage by Chinese-British gangster addressed as Major Yu after being illegally smuggled into Australia under the cover of an Afghan refugee. To illustrate, Major Yu is snakehead general and part of the Scorpia executive board of sabotage and terrorism. Moreover, I predict, based upon various strings of evidence and particular quotes, that Alex will successfully flee from Major Yu’s grip and will be in the possession of M16 or possibly the

In the Whale Rider, Nani Flowers is a stronger role model than Koro. She always advocated for Kahu, and continuously stood up against Koro’s traditional beliefs about women. Secondly, Nani Flower was forgiving and altruistic towards everyone, even with Koro, in spite of his rigid attitude with Kahu. In contrast, Koro was blinded by tradition, thus making Kahu feel as if she was not good enough for Koro simply due to the fact that she was a girl, a factor she could not control. Therefore, Nani Flowers

The film Whale Rider (2002) is a critically acclaimed drama directed 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

In the film Whale rider, Paikea was restricted from becoming the chief due to her gender. In the Maori community, male was the dominant gender, resulting in female discrimination. The main sign of this inequality was females could not become chief. As Paikea was a female, she was unable to be chief; even though she could match the boys physically and mentally. This inequality was displayed when Paikea was yelled at by Koro for using the Taiaha; a sacred object that all the other boys training could

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Many voyages that heroin’s encounter are regularly identified with the four mythical functions. In the film, Whale Rider, through mythical creation powers, the hero endeavors to save her dying culture. The creation myths power permits the courageous woman, Pai, to find her actual calling as a real leader of the Maori tribe. By utilizing the myths, she dynamically finds her legend 's adventure by breaking down the images throughout her life. "According to Campbell as discussed in Indick article, this

Throughout “Whale Rider” Paikea is expected to listen to what her grandpa tells her to do and say. Personally, Paikea feels conflicted and under pressure to stick to her grandpas rules, as she wants to go her own way. Her grandpa finds it hard to see Paikea as her own person and can’t accept modernity, which he is not used to. He also stops her from learning the ways of a Maori chief, which is something she still tries to do in secret with the help of the rest of her family. Koro sometimes fails