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Company “ Whale”. History ‘Whale” has led the way since way back in the 1940s with ground breaking pump design through to recent innovation leaps in intelligent control electronic pump systems and gas or electric heating systems for water and space in recreational vehicles. The companies’ forward thinking approach is driven by a dedicated team who exude a passion for delivering the best possible product and service to their customers. We share a contagious enthusiasm for innovation. Whale is a…

negative in the sense that they are not “up to date” with modern beliefs such as gender equality. Tradition plays a huge role in the novella, The Pearl, which is about a lucky but poor family who finds a magical pearl, by John Steinbeck, and the film, Whale Rider, directed by Niki Caro, which is about a young, headstrong girl who struggles in a patriarchal tribe. In both, tradition is mostly a good thing, but the negativity can be easily sighted. Most traditions, like the ones in Steinbeck’s…

Heroes come in a variety of ages and different genders. In the movie Whale Rider, Paikea is a hero because she goes through a series of obstacles in her path of becoming the leader of a tribe, in a small village called Whangara. In the beginning of the movie, a mother gives birth to two children, but only one survives. Paikea, named after an ancestor who once led the tribe, survives but is a girl the other child, who is a boy dies. Because the boy died, there was no first born son to lead the…

The movie whale rider dives into the story of the girl Paikea and the trails she and community must overcome about their traditional heritage and culture. This essay will discuss and explore the theme of how traditional cultural heritage can conflict and clash with the demands of modern life, we will consider 3 key points: how women are treated and looked at in the community, how Koro refuses to adapt from his traditional thinking and how Nanny Flowers has to deal with and continue fighting the…

people’s lives. Whale Rider directed by Niki Caro and Stolen Girl by Trina Saffioti and Norma MacDonald displaying this common theme in their respective indigenous contexts. Both texts explore disruptions to one’s connection to culture differently, with whale rider overcoming intercommunity development in relation to gender and stolen girl commenting on the stolen generation of indigenous peoples whereas the children’s culture was stripped away from them by an external party. The texts Whale…

Whale Rider and Paikea’s Significance from the First Scene The beginning of the film Whale Rider (2002) does not only tell the story of the beginnings of the Maori people, but it also lays out a theme that the rest of the film follows. In the first scene of the film, the voice of main character, Paikea, tells the story of her people. She is not revealed to be the main character of the film until after this first scene. Paikea’s voice-over and the editing in the first scene establishes how…

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…

The Whale and the Shrimp Once, long, long ago Shawn and his friends were hanging out in the sand yard. He and his friends didn’t get along perfectly, but they had fun together, most of the time. Bennett was being a fish-face (as per usual) since he was the biggest of all the shrimp. Shawn was the smallest of all his shrimp friends resulting in him being the target of most of Bennett’s teasing. It was on that day, a Tuesday in July, Bennett pushed Shawn over the edge. He had told Shawn his tail…

Person vs society conflict is a dominant conflict that all of the characters must face throughout Whale Talk. The quote above is a demonstration of how each of the characters contrast from what society accepts, and therefore the conflicts that each of them face. The most significant conflict faced by the Cutter High School Swim Team is that of the closed-minded discrimination of students to their peers who are different. Because of the fact that there are characters who discriminate against…

to US.Whales, 2016, there are only around 1.7 million whales in the world. It also stated that 2,200 whales are being killed each year, making the species endangered. We don’t know the importance of whales and continue to hunt these mammals. Whales are an significant part of the ecosystem and we humans keep ruining it which not only hurts the marine animals, but also us. The reason why the food chain in the ocean is so stable is because of whales. For example, they feed on 40 million krills to…