Whale Rider Movie
A contemporary story of Will and determination, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
The story describes the efforts of an indigenous group living within modern Western society to continue their traditions while assimilating some aspects of the predominant culture.
The “Whale rider” movie offers us the opportunity to learn more about the Maori culture and consider the difficulties that many traditional groups practice in facing change. And we can examine the concepts of gender roles , also it shows us how the writer used the literary devices of characterization, metaphor, symbol, and foil to convey meanings and deliver the massage and get into the point indirectly. For example the ability to fight with war sticks is a symbol of leadership, unity with the Maori culture, and knowledge of that culture.
While Pai lives in present day Whangara, New Zealand with her grandparents, Maori tradition maintains that the leadership should only be inherited by males. Koro, her grandfather, is the current chief and is adamant that she cannot lead her people because she is female. While he searches for a new leader, attempting fruitlessly to train young boys in the village, determined Pai cries out to …show more content…
In spite of their joint endeavors, the rope splits and they leave depleted. Be that as it may, when Paikea moves on the whale it reacts to her and leads alternate whales back to the ocean. The image is that even with everybody in the tribe pulling together, the reason can't be refined without the best possible pioneer. Now, even Koro comprehends that a leader may develop, not from convention, but rather as a young lady who has the character, aptitude and yearning to be
A contemporary story of Will and determination, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
The story describes the efforts of an indigenous group living within modern Western society to continue their traditions while assimilating some aspects of the predominant culture.
The “Whale rider” movie offers us the opportunity to learn more about the Maori culture and consider the difficulties that many traditional groups practice in facing change. And we can examine the concepts of gender roles , also it shows us how the writer used the literary devices of characterization, metaphor, symbol, and foil to convey meanings and deliver the massage and get into the point indirectly. For example the ability to fight with war sticks is a symbol of leadership, unity with the Maori culture, and knowledge of that culture.
While Pai lives in present day Whangara, New Zealand with her grandparents, Maori tradition maintains that the leadership should only be inherited by males. Koro, her grandfather, is the current chief and is adamant that she cannot lead her people because she is female. While he searches for a new leader, attempting fruitlessly to train young boys in the village, determined Pai cries out to …show more content…
In spite of their joint endeavors, the rope splits and they leave depleted. Be that as it may, when Paikea moves on the whale it reacts to her and leads alternate whales back to the ocean. The image is that even with everybody in the tribe pulling together, the reason can't be refined without the best possible pioneer. Now, even Koro comprehends that a leader may develop, not from convention, but rather as a young lady who has the character, aptitude and yearning to be