The whale rider study guide contains a biography of author witi ihimaera, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. You are in for a bit of an emotional rollercoaster with whale rider. The whale rider is a story about a maori girl named kahu, who dreams of being the chief of her tribe. Before you start, have a look at the sample frame below. The idea of the whale rider is a maori myth but myths and legends are a huge part of any culture, and maoris are very proud of theirs. In every generation since kahutia, a male heir has inherited the title of chief. The whale rider quotes showing 18 of 8 he loved them deeply, but sometimes love becomes a power game between the ambitions that parents have for their children and the ambitions that children have for themselves. Jan 01, 1987 written in 1987, the whale rider is a deceptively short book. Pai main character and the new whale rider born into a line of chiefs has all the qualities of a leader struggles against gender stereotypes and koro. However, pai is female and technically cannot inherit the leadership. Analysis of the whale rider essay example graduateway. Pai also embodies many of the five minds that gardner 2008 outlines in his book. Whale rider arrives in theaters already proven as one of the great audiencegrabbers of recent years.
This film actually tried to depict the civil rights movement. Whale rider is a 2002 new zealandgerman family drama film written and directed by niki caro. Whale rider this module has been designed to accompany the film whale rider 2003. Whale rider summary supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. Only kahu understands that she is the whale rider, and that she must guide the whales back to the safety of the sea. Most specifically, it makes you believe that a book thats basically about cultural rituals among the maori people of new zealand isnt only fascinating and entertaining, but accessible. The whale rider the films plot follows the story of paikea apirana paiin the book, her name is kahu, short for kahutia te rangi, a 12yearold girl who is the only living child in the line of the tribes chiefly succession following the death of her twin brother and mother when she was born. Heres where youll find analysis about the book as a whole, from the major themes and ideas to. Paikea is said to have arrived from their place of origin, hawaikii, on the back of a whale. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing whale rider near you. The scarlet letter adventures of huck finn the canterbury tales beowulf see all. By tradition, the leader should be the firstborn son a direct patrilineal descendant of paikea, aka kahutia te rangi in the book, the whale rider he who rode on top of a whale from hawaiki. Written in 1987, the whale rider is a deceptively short book. The bull whale is an ancient whale, about 65 feet long.
Create your own storyboard using the template on the next page. Write one descriptive sentence describing the sounds s whale makes. The influence of beliefs on individual life in witi ihimaeras. Comprehension and discussion activities for the film whale.
The story takes place in new zealand where the maori people of a small village claim descent from the whale rider, paikea. Elements of the beowulf storyincluding its setting and charactersdate back to the period. Whale rider arrives in theaters already proven as one of the great audience grabbers of recent years. Whale rider 7 leader to understand that change requires a new mindset and pai demonstrates this extraordinarily well in the movie. Whale rider takes place in present day new zealand, where a 12yearold girl named pai keisha castlehughes is growing up in an allmaori community. The world premiere was on september 2002, at the toronto international film festival. The whale rider is a 1987 novel by new zealander witi ihimaera. The warrior beowulf must fight and defeat the monster grendel, who is terrorizing denmark, and later, grendels mother, who begins killing out of revenge. Ancestor of the people of te tai rawhiti, he travelled from hawaiki, the place of the ancients, to the east coast of new zealand.
In the end each clan on the outlying coasts beyond the whaleroad had to yield to him and begin to pay tribute the sea sail road seglrad. The whale in this context of whangara takes on the mythical origins of the taniwha but also serves as a lineage to paikeas mythological escape story. The whale anglosaxon narrative poetry project rutgers. The whale rider together with yavaraj athur raghuvir i watched the movie called the whale rider which deals with the issue of cultural restrains both as an individual and as a society. The films plot follows the story of paikea apirana pai in the book, her name is kahu, short for kahutia te rangi, a 12yearold girl who is the only living child in the line of the tribes chiefly succession following the death of her twin brother and mother when she was born. As mentioned before, this relationship has clear evidence from past sections of the book and even receives explicit mention from rawiri. Leadership styles observed in whale rider dannette allen.
Unfortunately her twin brother, who was supposed to be the chief of her village, died at birth and her grandfather did not want her because of her being a girl. How characterisation builds up the story in the whale rider saturday october 28 2017 lucy kamau takes a look at koro apirana, kahu and nani flowers in witi ihamaeras book. First published in 1987 in new zealandthe authors homeland as well as. There are physical things that are described in the book the sweep of the bay, the island that looks. As told in the book, melville met with more than the usual hardships of a. It took herman melville 5 chapters and an epilogue to say, a bunch of guys fight a whale and they lose. One relationship in particular that between the whale rider and his giant whale was exemplary of a symbiotic connection.
It would take some pretty powerful words to make something like that happen but those are exactly the kind of words that make up whale rider. The first greatgrandchild of the whanau, she was loved by all her relatives except the one whose love she needed mosther greatgrandfather. The biggest whale, the founder of maori culture, has a special relationship with. 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. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Her grandfather koro apirana believes that this is a role reserved for males only. See a complete list of the characters in beowulf and indepth analyses of beowulf, grendel, hrothgar, unferth, wiglaf, grendels mother, and the dragon. She has a disciplined mind in her habits of working until she masters a.
The movie freedom riders by pbs and the book the struggle for black equality, 19541992 by harvard sitkoff introduction one of the most comprehensive dramatic documentaries that focused on the history of the civil rights movement is the film produced by pbs, entitled freedom riders. The whale rider 2002 summary and analysis uk essays. The chiefs eldest son, porourangi, fathers twins a boy and a girl. The films plot follows the story of paikea apirana pai. I absolutely adore everything about it, and really do think theres something everyone can relate to in this story. It is about the struggles of a maori girl, paikea, to succeed her grandfather as leader of her tribe in spite of tradition dictating that the chief be male. The role of chief is always passed onto a male, but there is no male heir, only kahu. This is the origin story of twin brothers beowulf and grendel, separated at birth and reunited by an extraordinary family. The song of a whale calls through deep water as the huge mammal swims far. May 01, 2003 the whale rider is definitely in my top ten list of alltime favorite books. Whale rider mat no 10 storyboarding read the following excerpt from the book the whale rider. In the book, our narrator from the beginning is a different rawiri.
If youve ever felt discriminated against because of your gender, this is the book for you. Set against the coming of christianity, this is the story of the last hero. The story of whale rider is about pai, a girl descended from paikea, the mythical ancestor of ngati konohi hapu sub tribe who live in whangara on the east coast of new zealand. The whale rider quotes goodreads meet your next favorite book. Whale rider is an expressive, cultural drama film by the award winning director nikola jean niki caro, that explores the ideas of love, rejection, tradition and gender roles. Kahu is his only greatgrandchildand maori tradition has no use for a girl. Its a story about a young maori girl, paikea apirana thats born into the chief line along with a twin brother. The whale rider starts a thousand years ago, with a pod of whales. Directed and written by niki caro, the film is based on witi ihimaeras novel the whale rider. Her people claim descent from kahutia te rangi, the legendary whale rider. Jun 20, 2003 whale rider arrives in theaters already proven as one of the great audiencegrabbers of recent years. Summary lines 301709 page 1 page 2 interestingly, up until this point of the poem, beowulf s decision to come to hrothgars aid has been described by the narrator as a heroic act of beowulf s own deciding rather than an act of obligation or a payment of debt. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics.
This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of whale rider by witi ihimaera. This comparison is an important motif of the book, and it is the stepping stone for drawing the symbolic connection between the wandering whale herd and the maori people of. But when hundreds of whales beach themselves and threaten the future of the maori tribe, it is kahu who saves the tribe when she reveals that she has the whale rider s ancient gift of communicating with whales. Comprehension and discussion activities for the film whale rider. Whale rider is an internationally successful new zealand film focusing on indigenous cultural issues. In the whale rider, kahu is a young maori girl who wants to be the chief of her tribe, but cannot be because in her culture that role is only for men. The novel was set in whangara and it would almost have been heresy to shoot anywhere else. For instance, beowulf sounds like its about a wolf spoiler alert. This whale rider casts spears as lifegiving objects to the islands, but one spear he casts years into the future, which is the time of the storys young heroine kahu. The whale rider study guide contains a biography of author witi ihimaera, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a.
The whale in this context of whangara takes on the mythical origins of the taniwha but also serves as a lineage to. Kahu, an eightyearold maori girl, adores her greatgrandfather, koro apirana, but he pays her little attention. Tradition as a tool for oppressing women in witi ihimaeras the whale rider. Witi ihimaeras the whale rider is one of those rare books that is so pure and so moving that it makes you believe anything is possible. Then, use the book excerpt and translate it into single frames. Can someone give me a summary of the whale rider book. Whale rider is a magical tale of survival, stubbornness and destiny. Movie analysis the whale rider together with yavaraj athur raghuvir i watched the movie called the whale rider which deals with the issue of cultural restrains both as an individual and as a society. But now there is no male heir, and the aging chief is desperate to find a successor.
Only 120 pages long, its a richly layered story dealing with several major social issues. Based on the novel of the same name by witi ihimaera, the film stars keisha castlehughes as kahu paikea apirana, a twelveyearold maori girl whose ambition is to become the chief of the tribe. The story takes place in new zealand where the maori people of a small village claim descent from the whale rider. The biggest whale, the founder of maori culture, has a special relationship with the whale rider, a young man who sits upon its back. The whale rider essays are academic essays for citation. Now available in simultaneous hardcover and paperback. It is leading its herd in search of safer waters, but at the same time it struggles to come to terms with its deep love for the ancient whale rider, now long dead, who once had been its dearest companion. By tradition, the leader should be the firstborn son a. The rite of passage of the hero jonah mentioned in ihimaeras book, the whale rider who emerged a changed man from the whale s belly is one example. The whale rider epilogue summary and analysis gradesaver.
The whale rider by witi ihimaera, jay lagaaia, audiobook. The taniwha is the mythological whale or sea creature that paikea the ancestor rode on to lead the way to aeoteara new zealand originally. It won the audience awards as the most popular film at both the toronto and sundance film festivals, played to standing ovations, left audiences in tears. In every generation for over 1,000 years, a male heir born to the chief succeeds to the title. If youve ever felt discriminated against because of. Kirkus, and the bulletin of the center for childrens books, named on kirkus best books of 2016.
Only males are allowed to ascend to chiefdom in a maori tribe in new zealand. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of the whale rider by witi ihimaera. How characterisation builds up the story in the whale rider. Blending legend with a reality thats both gritty and beautiful, this novel was made into a movie that was released in the united states just prior to the books publication here. Many books have been made into movies, and they are often not at all faithful to the original, other than the name, and usually the names of the characters. Kennings for a particular character are listed in that characters article. The whale rider is definitely in my top ten list of alltime favorite books. In a small new zealand coastal village, maori claim descent from paikea, the whale rider. Pai is being raised by her loving grandparents, koro and nanny flowers rawiri paratene and vicky haughton. Whale rider when talking about choosing the location to shoot whale rider, the films producer, john barnett says.
Oct 28, 2017 how characterisation builds up the story in the whale rider saturday october 28 2017 lucy kamau takes a look at koro apirana, kahu and nani flowers in witi ihamaeras book. Pick 5 books and well tell you what you should bingewatch while youre. The whale rider by witi ihimaera penguin books australia. Her greatgrandfather is chief of the whangara, who are descendants of a legendary whale rider. Can someone compare the whale rider book and movie to me i.
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