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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Education Dialogue Essay There are many people in today’s society that believe going to school is essential in order to live a rewarding life. What people don’t understand is the fact that there are many different aspects of education and some are more important than others. Although practical knowledge is important to learn‚ there is a big difference between schooling and educating. There are many elements of education that stimulate growth and are necessary in order to fulfill ones learning potential
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Paper I : Poetry-I Unit 1 : Explanations with reference to the context from the starred texts Geoffrey Chaucer : “General Prologue”* to The Canterbury Tales The Nun’s Priest’s Tale John Donne : “The Canonization* “A Valediction:Forbidding Mourning” “The Sunne Rising” “The Ecstasie”* : Paradise Lost‚ Book I : Essay on Man* : “Introduction” “Earth’s Answer” “The Tyger”* “London” (from Songs of Experience) Unit 2 : Unit 3 : John Milton Unit 4 : Alexander Pope William Blake
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M&Ms® Project Report September 12‚ 2013 Abstract This paper will discuss the methods taught in Statistics this past semesters using what is being referred to as the M&M® project. Methods include random sampling‚ calculating random proportions‚ mean‚ standard deviations‚ creating histograms and identifying their shape such as bell‚ constructing confidence intervals for proportions and hypothesis testing of the samples. Each section of the M&M® project will demonstrate
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The Colorado State University (CSU) Theater brings to light a whole new dimension of the original propaganda film Reefer Madness. They basically turn the film into a musical comedy that pokes fun at the hysteria caused by the original work. However‚ I don’t think it is the artist’s main purpose to just make fun of the ludicrous allegations made by the 1936 production. Instead‚ I think the artists were trying to illustrate how some people will go to the extreme to convince us of their ways even when
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| ROMEO | Then move not‚ while my prayer’s effect I take. | | | Thus from my lips‚ by yours‚ my sin is purged. | | JULIET | Then have my lips the sin that they have took. | | ROMEO | Sin from thy lips? O trespass sweetly urged! | | | Give me my sin again. | | JULIET | You kiss by the book. | | Nurse | Madam‚ your mother craves a word with you. | | ROMEO | What is her mother? | | Nurse | Marry‚ bachelor‚ | | | Her mother is the lady of the house‚ | | | And a good
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The Whale Rider Chapter Questions Chapters 1-6 1. Chapter 1 begins in myth‚ and myths explain what was once unexplainable to a people. What does the myth of the whale rider explain to the Maori people? 2. Chapter 2 gives us the point of view of the whales. The bull whale remembers his master‚ the "golden man." Do you think that the whale is as old as the myth‚ or do you think that the whale draws on the collective memory of his culture? Or‚ do you have another idea? Give your answer
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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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The Aral Sea is actually not a sea at all. It is an immense lake‚ a body of fresh water‚ although that particular description of its contents might now be more a figure of speech than practical fact. In the last 30 years‚ more than 60 percent of the lake has disappeared. The sequence of images above‚ acquired by Landsat satellites‚ shows the dramatic changes to the Aral Sea between 1973 and 2000. Beginning in the 1960s‚ farmers and state offices in Uzbekistan‚ Kazakhstan‚ and Central Asian states
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American Experience Freedom Rider “Hallelujah I’m a traveling” This line out of a song sang by travelers indicates how much joy traveling is‚ how much joy a ride through the country side‚ from one place to another‚ can be it gives the people freedom‚ to go places‚ to experience new things and not be bound to just one place anymore. It should have been an equally enjoyable experience to everybody‚ but when traveling with public transportation first became popular‚ it did not live up to those
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