Pai Ihimaera's The Whale Rider

Have you ever thought how interesting it was how Pai, a young girl in the book, was able to communicate with the whale alone? It’s wonderful how Pai was able to do it after everyone else has tried, but they didn’t succeed. To begin, I will be talking about a book, the title of this book is called “The Whale Rider”. Witi Ihimaera is the author for The Whale Rider. The summary of The Whale Rider is about a young girl, named Pai, who wants to be chief. But her Grandfather, Koro Apirana, wanted a male chief for his tradition. Pai wanted to show Koro how strong she was so he could love her. But Koro always rejected Pai just because she’s a girl. Pai later proves herself to Koro at the near end of the book. Pai had overcome the odds to achieve greatness, this was the theme I chose to write about. Without the theme, “overcoming the odds to achieve greatness”, she would never have been able to face the challenges she had to go through and will never achieve what she fights for the most, Koro accepting her. It’s amazing how this theme helped her throughout the book.

On my topic, I will be talking about overcoming …show more content…
Pai was able to save the whole tribe by using one of the themes that I chose, overcoming the odds to achieve greatness. I chose that theme because it really fits into the action, it concludes the end of the trouble she had gone through, and what she had earned after doing all that. The way Pai says she was not afraid to die means she had the strength to try and be brave, which can help her be stronger. Pai once never talked to a whale before, and when she was singing to it, the whale listened to her. My final thought on the theme that I chose is that how the theme really helps Pai save her tribe and the whales. I think that the theme I chose was the best one because it really did help her and I was able to put it in the essay. And I would say that I am really proud of the theme that I