![]() ![]() The community is united with Pai as the leader, but in this is the very problem. Porourangi has returned with his pregnant, blonde European girlfriend. At the end the community is brought together through traditional culture. They face each other across an empty space, as they do culturally in the more crowded scene with the slides of Porourangi’s European art. The framing emphasises the gap between them. The Maori/ European dichotomy is also explicit in the scene between Koro and Porourangi when the latter comes back from Europe. In an early conversation with his mother we learn that he, like Pai has never been good enough for Koro. His reason for helping Pai is less to do with a belief in his culture than as a way to needle his father. Koro’s younger son has grown into a beer drinking, snooker playing unemployed young man who has given up on his heritage. The Maori people are presented in a less than positive light. Maori/ European This is the most problematic discourse. The resolution of the narrative and of the gender relationships is in the last scene, which will be examined in detail below. This is true even for Porourangi who walks away from the tragedy of his wife’s death, leaving his daughter to be looked after by his mother. So we see a girl rebelling against the traditional role she sees in her uncle’s girlfriend and her grandmother.īoth these women exercise power in the domestic world (Nanny Flowers’ rebellion about smoking sets this up), but are invisible in the public world. The male world, on the other hand, is the public arena of action and activity. At no point is she dressed in a feminine way. It is she who goes into the sea to bring back Koro’s prize possession. We see her challenging the old ways, and undertaking the gruelling demands of traditional warrior practice. Koro refuses to accept Pai as leader despite her repeatedly showing herself to be more capable than any of the boys. ![]() Male/Female The whole film is predicated on the division of roles. What it means to be a member of a community versus a member of society. Whale Rider invites the viewer into a distinct story-world - one in which the community is stronger than the individual. Lore and Myth: Tribal Identity versus Individual Identity Might write a speech introducing themselves and someone That have made them feel good about themselves. StudentsĬould be encouraged to discuss the sort of achievements Paikea’s speech was a personal achievement. Leadership role in helping with the whales “They’ll do it for How does this change carry on for Rawiri? (He later has a How does Pai’s speech change the idea of a leader fromĮg “knowledge given to all so we can have lots of leaders”ĭiscuss the scene where Rawiri took up the taiaha again. Help the whales, paddling in unison in the waka at the end. The community scenes on the marae, working together to Other characters have disappointments too, eg Hemi Why wouldn’t he be pleased with Pai for starting theĮngine? Should he have excluded her from the Why isn’t he proud of the achievements of Porourangi? What are students views on Koro and his expectations? Him? How did viewers become aware of these? What What do the students think were the problems that faced Why did Koro so desperately want a leader to follow him? Learning about her culture, participating in the life of the Students could trace elements of Pai’s leadership – eg herĬomments about smoking and health, fixing the rope, Understands some of his concerns about being a leader?) Pai support Koro even though he is so harsh to her? (She To live by.” Paikea says later “He is the boss.” Why does ![]() Nanny Flowers says of Koro, “He has a lot of rules he has
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