about. I then decided that I wanted to take on a more challenging film‚ one that I had never heard of‚ and one that I would really have to study to understand its full meaning. After looking into a few of the listed movies‚ I ended up choosing Whale Rider‚ a drama filmed in New Zealand in 2002. After watching the movie two times‚ I feel that I now understand some of the more drastic cultural and gender based problems that are occurring today. The film’s plot follows the story of Paikea Apirana‚ yet
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relationships. When an individual uses stereotyping in a negative way‚ this in return negatively affects the relationship. This can lead to major problems in the long run. In Sweet Home Alabama‚ it is easy to see that false stereotypes lead to judgments reflecting badly on relationships. The clip shown of Sweet Home Alabama starts off with Melanie Carmichael‚ a fashion designer who is about to have her first runway show. After the runway show she has to go with her boyfriend‚ Andrew‚ to an event involving
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Engana‚ Mary Gwen Stefani D. IA12117 Aug. 23 2013 Prof. Domingo Barcarse Reaction Paper We all have individual differences‚ as well as Ishaan in the movie that has dyslexia. He is a person that just cannot seem to get anything right in class but are more interested in his surrounding like in arts‚ animals and playing games. Though
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slicing. The dark side of thin-slicing can be so devastating to business operations‚ decision making and other activities that requires unconscious cognition. That’s why I will recommend this book to any business man. In the case of the Van Rider’s victory story‚ we can learn a fundamental lesson that can be used even during a war. “The first thing I told our staff is that we would be in command and out of control”‚ Van Riper said when he was in the millennium challenge. He actually meant the soldiers
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Whale Rider By: Witi Ihimaera SUMMARY The Whangara tribe (a Maori tribe in New Zealand) is traditionally led by a male. However‚ this tradition is put under threat when first-born great grandchild‚ Kahu‚ is a girl. Koro Apirana‚ her great grandfather‚ and chief of the tribe is disappointed‚ and rejects the loving attention of Kahu. He wants a male heir to inherit the title of chief‚ the tradition since the first whale rider arrived in New Zealand. The Whangara tribe are proud of their traditions
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in the 1960s. They were upset that African Americans were getting all these rights‚ and members had to do something about it to show their madness. On Sunday September 15‚ 1963 The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church a black church in Birmingham‚ Alabama was bombed. Four young girls by the names of Addie Mae Collins 14‚ Cynthia Wesley 14‚ Carole Robertson 14‚ and Denise McNair 11 who decided to attend church that morning were killed by the explosion while attending Sunday school class and twenty-three
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Whale Rider The “Whale Rider”‚ filmed in New Zealand and directed by Niki Caro‚ is a film based on the novel of the same name‚ by Witi Ihimaera. Many of the extras in the film were actual residents of the town Whangara. The film is about a girl‚ Paikea Apirana‚ played by Keisha Castle-Hughes in her debut role‚ who battles to gain her grandfather’s respect‚ and to become the chief of the tribe. By tradition‚ the leader of the tribe should be the first son‚ however Pai’s twin brother had died at
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Greetings‚ thank you all for being here today. I would like to introduce myself. My name is Faidah Manishimwe‚ but you can call me Faidah. The purpose of my talk today is about Koro (pai’s grandfather‚ the village chief). This oral presentation will discuss the cultural issues which Koro had with his community as he was a chief who faced many issues and I will compare them to my own situation. Issue 1 As Koro was getting older he became worried about his community and the fact it might collapse
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junior year‚ in 1997‚ the Freedom Writers all went to Washington‚ D.C.‚ where they presented their diary to the United States Secretary of Education Richard Riley. During this trip they also honored the Freedom Riders by holding a peace march and prayer vigil at the Washington Monument for victims of intolerance. The Freedom Writers Diary has photos of this‚ and I can only imagine what a touching site this must have been. In 1998‚ their senior year‚ Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers won the Spirit
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One bullet. One life. The end starts here. The book I will be presenting and exploring a theme of is Scorpia Rising‚ the last book in the Alex Rider series. This book and the series by Anthony Horowitz are for young teens. In Scorpia Rising‚ Scorpia is trying to turn Alex Rider‚ the main character into a traitor against M16‚ Britain’s top-secret intelligence agency. I think the main theme is with every bad thing there is a good side‚ but with every good thing there is a bad side. So let’s break
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