Whale

Pai is a powerful girl who displays several characteristics of Mysticism throughout Whale Rider. Despite constantly being told she cannot be a leader because of her gender by her grandfather Paka, Pai knows in her heart that she can help her people. She cares very much about the people of her tribe and desperately wants to bring everyone together. She spends most of the movie trying to learn all she can about being a leader, while still respecting her grandfather as she understands that he just…

Orcas, also known as killer whales are among the most aggressive types of hunter in the ocean. They are the biggest dolphins in existence and are fierce carnivorous predator that can be found around the world, but much commonly in highly productive areas of cold-water upwelling, such as the Pacific Northwest, along northern Norway’s coast in the Atlantic and the tiger latitudes of the Southern Ocean. Killer whales favour cold waters, they can stay submerged for more than 5 minutes and…

Whale Ride is a significant movie because through Paikea fixing Koro’s motor, winning the speech contest, and helping the beached whale to escape, it helps to show that the old, traditional way of things is not necessarily the right way of things. When Paikea and Koro are on the beach trying to fix the motor of their motorboat, we see Koro try to use a stick to jump start it with a rope. The rope breaks. But then when Paikea tries to start the motor, she takes the broken rope, tries it back…

The Squid and the Whale is a film that focuses on the aftermath of separation between two parents, Bernard and Joan, and its effect on their sons, Frank and Walt. Throughout the film, Frank and Walt become different individuals, developing negative traits portrayed by their parents and other sources. The relationship status of their parents continues to tarnish, showing animosity towards each other. In the end, the disappearance of Walt and the collapsing of Bernard somewhat bring the family…

In the book of Whale Done, Ken Blanchard states that people should be more willing to accentuate the positive instead of the negative. When someone achieves great success in study or work, we are supposed to praise them and give positive responses to encourage them to keep up the good work. When mistakes or errors occur, we should redirect the energy and attention to the right things without blame. It is really a good idea which could help people have a healthier relationship with not only the…

If a natural disaster happens near to you it would not be ideal to have a good community who can help each other? The community plays a big role in these two stories Keeper ‘N Me and Whale Rider being very relevant for the principal characters in their journey. Community means a group of people with same interests or believes. Commonly the communities of aborigenous are known for being so close as community, they learn together, they teach, they help each other in difficult times and they have…

Humpback whales can be recognized by their large size, bumpy head, and long flippers. Atlantic humpbacks have mainly white flippers, but those in the Pacific have a darker color to them. In the Northern hemisphere, humpback whales are found in the North Pacific to the South-East Alaskan. Humpbacks from the Western area and the Bering Sea migrate to Northern Marianas. Humpback whales are facing extinction due to poaching. Poaching is the illegal hunting and killing of an animal. Humpback whales…

During the film whale rider, we see the characters, Paka and Pai. Paka, growing up the way he did, follows every rule that their tradition has, whereas Pai, being born into the modern world, wants the Maori people to think more progressively. During childbirth, Pai’s mother dies, along with Pai’s twin brother, who was in line for the role of the chief. This is enough change for Paka as he decides that Pai cannot fulfil the role. At first, Paka is just blind to Pai’s ability to be the chief, he…

people don't see the problem in having killer whales do shows, it can be argued that orcas in captivity and having them do shows has multiple issues. One reason is that orcas can be driven crazy when kept in captivity. Second of all, killer whales need more space than any aquarium can give them. Last but not least, orcas in captivity aren't as healthy as orcas in the wild. I believe that killer whale shows should be banned. To begin, killer whales or orcas can be driven insane when kept in…

Orcas in captivity provide the audience with education and conservation of whales in general. School trips come to marine parks they get educated when they leave. Programs and shows at marine parks help serve to educate the audience about marine life, and without this experience, the public may be less interested in marine life. People say that having a few whales in captivity is helping to save the population of whales in the wild they think that the orcas are endangered. Aquarium research…