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    Only Whales In Common There are many instances where peoples’ beliefs reflect upon their actions. If someone does not believe in love‚ they may never get married. If someone believes there is no God‚ they may never attend church. If someone believes whales are insignificant‚ they may kill them as a sport. If someone believes whales should be respected‚ they just may be willing to die for them. In Herman Melville’s novel‚ Moby Dick‚ a ship sets sail searching to kill an infamous whale named

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    Patriarchal society plays a major role in driving the plot of Antigone and Whale Rider. From the opening scene of Whale Rider‚ we see Koro disregard the death of his daughter in law. He does not even embrace his baby granddaughter but only cares to say prayers to his dead grandson who‚ one day may have lead the Maori people. Even more to his dismay‚ his son‚ Porourangi‚ named the baby girl Paikea after the great Whale Rider. Likewise Koro disregarding the baby girl and her dead mother‚ Creon tells

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    The Whale Rider Chapter 1-6 Questions and answers: 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? | * how they were created * how the Maori people got there * people came to the island * whale rider came and how he has helped with the spear | 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

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    the Whale Rider – he who rode on top of a whale from Hawaiki. However‚ Pai is female and technically cannot inherit the leadership. While he does later form an affectionate bond with his granddaughter‚ carrying her to school every day on his bicycle‚ he also condemns her and blames her for conflicts happening within the tribe. At one point Paikea decides to leave with her father because her grandfather is mistreating her. However she finds that she cannot bear to leave the sea as the whale seems

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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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    “The whale rider” Abstract “Whale Rider” is a drama film of the 2002‚ based on the novel of Witi Ihimaera‚ and directed by Niki Caro. The world première was on September 2002‚ at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film gained much respect from critics‚ it went on in film festivals such as Sundance and Tribecca‚ and gained international recognition. It has a lot of awards through the world: BAFTA Childrens’ Award‚ Best Feature Film - 2003; Broadcast Film Critics Association Award‚ Best

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    Whale Rider Questions 1.The movie starts underwater‚ we can hear whale noises and haunting music. 2.The baby is named after the first chief/whale rider Paikea. 3.The mother and twin brother die. 4. The new chief must be male. 5. The argument is about what Porourangi should do next‚ stay or leave? They also fought about Pai’s name. 6. The 3 ladies were smoking. According to Pai “Maori women need to protect their child bearing properties” so they should stop. 7. Pai’s Father. 8.A boy passes

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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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    Belonging : be rightly placed in a specified position Not belonging: not rightly being placed in a specified position Rainbow’s End 1. The prescribed text that we have been given is Rainbows End the play was written by Jane Harrison the play premiered on the 18th February 2005 at the Melbourne Museum. It was directed by Wesley Enoch. 2. Gladys is caught between two cultural context- her Aboriginality‚ which she is denying and he desire to belong in the white society. Because she doesn’t

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    of controversies get resolved‚ many do not and end up arising again. A great example of this comes from the play Antigone by Sophocles and the film Whale Rider by Niki Caro. In both the film and the play‚ a woman of royal decent is going against a leader for what she feels is right. Although Antigone dies in the end of Antigone‚ Pai from Whale Rider convinces the leader and lives a happy life. Pai and Antigone were very similar characters because of the problems they faced. First‚ Pai and Antigone

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