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    enough to face all the problems. Fate WITI Ihimaera novel "Whale Rider is a very important topic. Kahu’s destiny is to become the first female chief of the Maori‚ the next Whale Rider. However‚ this fate is very difficult Kahu done alone. Firstly‚ Kahu get direct help to fulfill her destiny from the the Rehua‚ nannies flowers and Ravi Lane. Secondly‚ ironically‚ Kahu also indirectly help to fulfill her destiny of Koro and ancient cattle whale third ‚ Kahu fulfill her destiny own fate is an important

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    the legendary "whale rider." In every generation since Kahutia‚ a male heir has inherited the title of chief. But now there is no male heir‚ and the aging chief is desperate to find a successor. Kahu is his only great-grandchild--and Maori tradition has no use for a girl. But when hundreds of whales beach themselves and threaten the future of the Maori tribe‚ it is Kahu who saves the tribe when she reveals that she has the whale rider’s ancient gift of communicating with whales. Kahu is the eldest

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    of obstacles and movement to new places. They provide opportunities for travellers to extend themselves physically‚ intellectually and emotionally as they respond to challenges and learn more about themselves and the world around them. The film Whale Rider I about a young girl named Paikea. The film does not only show us one girl’s experience of growing up‚ but also tells us about the Maori culture‚ tradition how gender is treated‚ and their leadership.  The Happiest Refugee is an extract from a memoir

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    6 December 2012 Religion 100 Religious Themes Through The Whale Rider Within the movie Whale Rider‚ a mythic and sacred story is represented through a girl’s struggle in becoming a leader by breaking tradition. Within this contemporary-fairy tale‚ Whale Rider also entails a spiritual bond that the main character‚ Paikea‚ has with a quasi-mystical creature‚ represented as a whale. The movie Whale Rider fits in the group of mythological film because it “explains a tale full of life mysteries to

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    Whale Rider is a 2002 drama film directed by Niki Caro‚ based on the novel of the same name. A contemporary story of love‚ rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to full fill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize. The film whale rider follows the story of a young girl Paikea; the lonely daughter of Porourangi. Pai’s mother died giving birth to her and her twin brother who also dies. Porourangi was heartbroken by his loss and leaves his daughter to be brought up by her grandparents

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    The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera has many important themes that are represented by several characters in the text such as Koro Aprina‚ who struggles to put aside traditional values and struggles to input morden values.We have Nanny Flowers who has that everyday struggle with her husband over who gets that last say in what but Nanny Flowers takes peoples feeling into consideration as Koro Aprina lacks that quality in him. Koro Aprina is old and a very precise man. He is the type of person that

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    The New Zealand film‚ Whale Rider (2002) directed by Niki Caro is an extraordinary example of the feminist literary theory. The visual text follows the journey of a young eleven-year-old Maori girl named Pai‚ shorten for Paikea who believes she is destined to be the next chief in line of the patriarchal Maori tribe she is part of in the east coast of New Zealand. No matter the circumstances her traditional‚ stubborn grandfather named Koro refuses to accept that a female could possibly lead and guide

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    Whale Rider Essay Whale Rider shows just how important culture and tradition is to some people. Whale Rider is about the current chief‚ Koro‚ having to accept that the tradition of the first born males becoming the next chief will have change‚ and the challenges he has to overcome by letting a female become leader and breaking the tradition and letting a girl be in control. Koro is heartbroken when he throws his whale bone into the ocean and not one of the boys manages to retrieve it. But Pai has

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    that looks like a whale‚ the whales and their relation to the people whose legend are told‚ carvings‚ interior designs in the meeting house and food prove this. In !972‚ the then Prime Minister read his first book and decided that Ihimaera would be valuable in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During his time with Foreign Affairs he worked for the New Zealand High Commission in Canberra and spent four years in New York and Washington‚ two of them as New Zealand consul. The Whale Rider was written in

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    What Is The Author Trying To Say In The Whale Rider? Let’s face it. We all have those family members. I’m talking about the annoying cousins‚ siblings‚ and (if you are a teen) parents. Embarrassing aunts and so on and so forth. The point is‚ everyone has family members that they don’t like. For example‚ in the book‚ The Whale Ride by Witi Ihimaera‚ there are lots of tensions throughout the story between family members. As I read this book‚ I think the author’s message to us‚ the readers of the

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