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    The Effect on People

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    theme “Persevering in the face of Adversity” This theme is common in the short stories “Big Brother‚ Little Sister” by Witi Ihimaera and “Only A Woman” by Amel Benaboura and also in the films “Invictus” by Clint Eastwood and “Vertical Limit” by Martin Campbell. The theme “Persevering in the face of Adversity” is shown through the short text “Big Brother‚ Little Sister” by Witi Ihimaera. The story is set in a poor environment in New Zealand where violence occurs. The main character Hema‚ despite being

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    About The Author Ihimaera Witi is a novelist‚ anthologist and librettist. He was born in Gisborne in 1944. He has the distinction of being the first Maori writer to publish both a book of short stories and a novel. Ihimaera was interested in writing from an early age‚ and recalls scrawling stories across the whole wall of his room at the family farm at Whakarau. In 1969 he began writing seriously. His first story‚ ‘The Liar’‚ was accepted by the NZ Listener in May of the following year. From the

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    treatment of the overall theme (overcoming challenges/obstacles in relationships) in each individual text. Thematic Study: Reading Log My Theme: Challenges or obstacles in relationships Text Type: Short story Title: My First Ball Author: Witi Ihimaera Publication Details: First published 1989‚ in “Dear Ms Mansfield” How the text relates to my theme? This text relates to my theme by showing how the main character Tuta‚ a young Maori teenager has to try his best to fit in with the Pakeha people

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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 Whale Rider By Witi Ihimaera Published May 2003 Kahu (Pai) is an eight year old Maori girl with a special gift. She can communicate with whales. She could be the leader her tribe needs‚ but her great-grandfather adheres strictly to Maori tradition which requires a male heir. He barely acknowledges her. The Whale Rider" tells the story of Kahu‚ a young girl in New Zealand struggling to find her place in her family and community. She craves the love of her great-grandfather‚ but he’s entirely

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    Throughout history‚ men have been more respected than women The Whale Rider directed by Niki Caro and written by Witi Ihimaera and the story of Antigone by Sophocles reflect this statement. Though written in two different eras and cultures both stories have elements of gender inequality. Both show that women have to to put in more effort for what they want than most men. In both Antigone and Whale Rider‚ the gender roles reveal that women are lesser beings than males. In Antigone‚ Creon‚ the king

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    Writing a Literary Commentary Read the passage you are given a few times. Read it once through to get a gist of what the speaker is saying. Jot down your initial reactions to certain parts of the text so you can refer to them when you are writing. When you have finished‚ go back and read it again‚ this time underlining key words and phrases and jotting notes to yourself in the margins. While the minimum number of times you should read something is two‚ it is ideal that you read each passage three

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    LNG 402 Foundation English II Trimester 2 2015 Name: Sonal Swastika Chand ID: 2013113517 The two short stories I haven chosen is The Knife by Judah Waten and Yellow Brick Road by Witi Ihimaera. The Knife‚ is about  is a short story about a young Italian- Plinio‚ who has immigrated to Australia from a poor village in Calabria‚ in a very desolate part of Southern Italy. Plinio then starts to remember about the life he had back home and that he lived in poverty and had a very modest life. Then

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    individuals who attempt to navigate it. Sophie Coppolla’s “Lost in Translation” (2003) comments on globalisation’s progressive development toward cultural uniformity‚ utilizing Tokyo to exhibit hybridisation of Western and Japanese cultures. Similarly‚ Witi Ihimaera’s “The Whale” explores the invasion of global forces into Maori culture‚ depicting the increasing stigmatisation of traditional values and their eventual submergence by the dominant Western influence. Both texts explore the conflict between

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    Whale Rider Essay “Pai must overcome resistance as she tries to assume her destiny as the leader of a tribe on the NZ coast.” Discuss. I agree that the story‚ ‘The Whale Rider’ by Witi Ihimaera is about how a little girl‚ Pai had to overcome obstacles in her attempt to fulfil her destiny as new chief of her tribe which are the descendants from Paikea‚ the whale rider. For a thousand years‚ only the eldest son can succeed this leadership. First‚ she has to overcome Koro’s resistance when

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