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    Paikea In Whale Rider

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    In the movie Whale Rider‚ Paikea‚ the main character‚ overcomes her struggles with Paka‚ her grandfather‚ and becomes the new leader of the tribe. Paka repeatedly rejects her throughout the movie for her gender. He is angry because she had lived after birth‚ while her twin brother did not. He scolds her everytime she attempts to try one of the excercises the boys are doing to see who will be the chosen one. Evaluating three of Gardner’s Eight Intelligences‚ readers can see how Paikea has naturalistic

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    Whale Rider Parenting

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    good parenting In Whale Rider directed by Niki Caro and “Pigs Can’t Fly” by Shyam Selvadurai there is a clear failure in the parenting of the protagonists. Weather a complete disregard for the feelings of the child or ignoring their significant actions‚ both Pai and Arjie do not get the help from their parental figure as is deserved and they respond to this in different ways. It is the ways that the protagonists respond to the failures that makes the person. In “Whale Rider” Pai is faced with

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    Niki Caro directed the film ’The Whale Rider’. She has used a number of cinematic techniques in this film to create atmosphere and sometimes show what the character is feeling. These three well-used techniques are camera shots‚ lighting and sound and dialogue. By using these techniques Niki has created a film that is emotionally connected to the viewers. Firstly‚ Niki Caro has used lighting incredibly well in this film. For some scenes in the film the lighting effects used gives us an insight into

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    The Whale Rider Analysis

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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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    Whale Rider Relationships

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    is "How relationships can influence our view on the world" which helps reflect this. This can be found throughout the novels‚ The Fault in our Stars by John Green‚ My Life of Crime by Fleur Beale and Animal Farm by Gorge Orwell‚ and the film The Whale Rider directed by Niki Caro. In the novel The Fault in our Stars‚ the main character‚ Hazel Grace‚ is determined to isolate herself from the rest of the world‚ as she believes that when she dies‚ all she will do is hurt those close to her. This is shown

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    The Whale Rider Belonging

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    Reading Log Entry – English: 1.10A 11ENG - Visual text Assessment “Whale Rider” Directed by: Niki Caro The film “Whale Rider” Directed by Niki Caro is a film about the Whangara people in the east coast of New Zealand who date theier tribe back to one ancestor Paikea. The tradition of the head family is to name their first born son Paikea‚ but due to a freak accident at birth ‚the first born male died‚ leaving his twin sister alive. She was then named Paikea. The naming of the girl as Pakea

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    Themes In The Whale Rider

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    Throughout the film The Whale Rider‚ the director Niki Caro uses film techniques to convey the theme of expectation and disappointment. In the film‚ we are introduced to the character of Pai‚ who sets out to break Maori tradition and become the next leader of her tribe‚ while bringing her family and the community closer together‚ much to the displeasure of her grandfather Koro. Koro is an important figure as he is used by the director throughout the film to convey the theme of expectation and disappointment

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    Whale Rider Analysis

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    Whale Rider Analysis Most heroes are big strong men‚ or mythical creatures that have thousands of stories and tales written about them. This hero is an unlikely one‚ a small girl‚ from a small tribe‚ in a small village in New Zealand. Paikea is a small girl that is 13 years old‚ and is a direct descendant of Paikea‚ the original whale rider. On her journey to become the leader of the tribe‚ she comes across numerous amounts of challenges from her grandfather‚ Koro. In the Paikea tribe‚ only

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    Leadership In Whale Rider

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    Whale rider is a very influential movie that teaches us a lot about leadership‚ feminism and culture. The movie has an emphasis on leadership and the ways in which you can be a leader. It teaches you that despite not everyone will believe in you‚ you can’t let that restrict you from your goals and rights. An example of leadership in the movie‚ is when Pai beats the school bus on her bike‚ without Paka. When she accomplishes this‚ it shows that she is a leader and can beat the boys. Paka does not

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    Sexism In Whale Rider

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    The main character of the film Whale Rider is Paikea Apirana. She is an 11 year old girl‚ who was born in the New Zealand Maori tribe. As soon as she was born‚ she was unwanted by the members of her tribe. This is because both her mother and twin brother died during the birth‚ leaving Paikea alone. Paikea states in a voice over of this scene‚ “there was no gladness when I was born. My twin brother died and took my mother with him. Everybody was waiting for the first born boy to lead us but he died

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