Eight-year-old Kahu‚ a member of the Maori tribe of Whangara‚ New Zealand‚ fights to prove her love‚ her leadership‚ and her destiny. Her people claim descent from Kahutia Te Rangi‚ the legendary "whale rider." In every generation since Kahutia‚ a male heir has inherited the title of chief. But now there is no male heir‚ and the aging chief is desperate to find a successor. Kahu is his only great-grandchild--and Maori tradition has no use for a girl. But when hundreds of whales beach themselves
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HUMANICUS issue 8 / 2013 Naturalist Aesthetics in John Millington Synge’s Riders to the Sea and The Playboy of the Western World Gabriel Sunday Bamgbose Abstract: Efforts have always been made by literary scholars and critics to read the aesthetics of John Millington Synge‟s drama. However‚ little attention has been paid to the naturalistic dimension of Synge‟s plays. This study‚ therefore‚ investigates the naturalist aesthetics in Synge‟s dramaturgy. This is in an attempt to show that individuals‟
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Whale Rider 1) The Maori people have migrated from the island Hawaiki‚ around 800 to 1200 AD. The story was about a family and they were Maoris. A man named Koko is grandfather to a little girl named Paikea. Koko was the leader of the Maori people in the place they lived in and he wanted to find a new leader‚ which had to be a boy if he wanted to follow the tradition. The person who actually head to be the next leader was Koko’s grandson‚ but he didn’t have a grandson‚ and he could not do like
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During the period when Francis was living in Gubbio‚ a fierce wolf appeared in the country and began attacking livestock. Soon the wolf graduated to direct assaults on humans‚ and not long after began to dine upon them exclusively. It was known for lingering outside of the city gates in wait for anyone foolish enough to venture beyond them alone. No weapon was capable of inflicting injury upon the wolf‚ and all who attempted to destroy it were devoured. Eventually mere sight of the animal caused
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Horrowitz narrates an adventure of a teenager and his development who embarks his journey as a spy. Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz is the first novel of the series. The protagonist‚ Alex Rider evolves into a teenage spy‚ as he begins his adventure. Horowitz clearly illustrates the character arc of Alex Rider‚ due to the fact Alex is not the teenager whom unwillingly accepted the mission early in the novel. Alex is a gifted teenager‚ he has the skills required to become a spy. What altered his characteristics
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The Dire Wolf The species that is known as the dire wolf is a large and powerful ancestor of modern wolves and dogs which is now extinct. It has‚ however‚ left a rich legacy in myths and legends across many northern countries where it once roamed as one of the most feared predators of all time. This paper traces the way that the dire wolf has been represented in myths and legends of the past‚ and also in the stories‚ films and computer video games of the modern world. The exact species which
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Camille Eastburn Professor Small Humanity and Nature in Literature 1 October 2014 Canis Lupus A Persuasive Essay It’s the dead of winter. The clouds have quilted the ground and trees in fresh‚ glistening powder. You press your snowshoe into a mound of soft snow and breathe a lung full of brisk air. In the distance you hear the quick crunching of the ground. Raising your head‚ you catch a glimpse of a grey tail with underlying white. You slowly swivel your head back and forth‚ looking
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Maggie Steinmiller ENGL Professor Wolfslayer February 7‚ 2013 The Hour of The Wolf by Ingmar BergmanIngmar Bergman ’s “Hour of the Wolf” is a movie one would have to pay strict attention to from start to finish. It is a twisted attempt at a Gothic horror film that goes against the norm of its time. “Hour of the Wolf” is composed of short scenes‚ some very dull and others warped. It is some what hard to follow because Bergman doesn ’t separate reality from the illusions experienced in the movie
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Notes Written by Bronwyn Owen CAMEL RIDER By Prue Mason Overview For Adam‚ living with his pilot father and family in an expatriate compound in Abudai in the Arabian Gulf‚ life could not be easier. But when war breaks out‚ Adam finds himself alone and attempting to find his way back to the abandoned compound to save his dog‚ Tara‚ who has been left in the mad rush to escape across the boarder. We also meet Walid‚ living a miserable life as a camel rider in a camp on the outskirts of Abudai.
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Picoult‚ Jodi. Lone Wolf.New York: Simon&Schuster‚2012 A. Summary Plot/ Setting: Lone Wolf is about a terrible accident that forced a family that was once broken up and now that the accident has happened‚ it brought the family back together. With them Getting back together‚ they now have to make one very hard decision. Luke which is the father of Cara and Edward‚ gets into an accident and is in critical conditions. This decision lays in the hand of both his children. Their mother Georgie cant
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