Lus paiblus qai nu si cunucin hen di dersi prose pere cunucirsi, cumu qaoinis ven e pilier jantus. Lus qai insiñen lus pañus, cumu hirmenus cilusus, qai qaoirin le mosme toirre, u il di cese choce, qai li toini invodoe el di le cese mijur, hen di incejer, di mudu qai sien ane, les dus menus.” Jusé Mertí iniru di 1891 “Naistre Améroce” ixprise cumu Hospenueméroce dibi di impizer di lobirersi di lus gubirnentis di utrus peísis, cumu lus iarupius u istedanodinsis. Mertí nus de e intindir qai eméroce
Pai Heroic Journey A hero is a person who can endure danger and is not afraid to face challenges. In the film “Whale Rider,” a young girl with those exact characteristics, Pai, changes everything within her community of the Maori. Her dedication for equality in her community and to better herself differs from how her everyone views women. Men in her community looked upon as superior. Pai was looked down upon because of her non-feminine attributes and her refusal to listen to her grandfather
Hockey or Harvard? In 1993, the Harold C. Case Scholarship for outstanding academic achievement was awarded to fourteen students in the Boston University junior class. I was one of two students in the College of Communication and one of two students in the School of Management to receive the award. I view this award as recognition of the difficult journey I undertook to become the first person in the history of Boston University to combine a broadcast journalism degree with a business degree
This is an essay about assessing children's learning through play, Kei Tua o te Pae/Assessment for learning: Early Childhood Exemplars, learning stories and how beneficial Kei Tua o te Pae and learning stories are to early childhood teachers. Kei Tua o te Pae/Assessment for learning: Early Childhood Exemplars are extremely useful to any early childhood teacher at any level, from the student teacher, to the early childhood teacher with decades of experience as there are many different examples
power of language through her experiences. On the other hand, in the film the Whale Rider directed by Niki Canaro, Pai is a character who illustrates the power of tradition through family ties and connections. From a girl who moves into a house in Chicago in the search to find the ‘real her’ to a girl named Pai who lives in Australia and makes an impact on her Grandfather’s culture, Pai and Esperanza are individuals who are influenced by family, culture, traditional beliefs, respect, and gender equality
The film The Whale Rider, directed by Niki Caro, follows the story of a young Maori girl called Pai, to fulfil her destiny of one day becoming the leader of her tribe. One of the most important characters to the story, is the main character, Paikea ‘Pai’ Apirana, She helps the audience appreciate and better understand the themes of leadership, and sexism. Caro uses many techniques to convey these themes, such as symbolism, different camera shots and angles, dialogue and lighting. Throughout The
When Koro is working on his boat engine, him and Pai talk. He talks about how the ignition rope represents the ancestors and how the individual strands are strong when they are tied together, like how when the people are united they are strong. The rope breaks, when Koro tries to start the engine, but Pai fixes the rope, symbolizing her right to lead the people. When Koro sees that Pai fixed the rope, he yells at her saying what she has done is dangerous. Later on in
Whales are the sacred animals to Whangara – seeing them beached broke the hearts to all of Maori community. They try their best to lead them back into the water, and even with the aid of a tractor, their attempts lead to no avail. Pai watching on from the shores, decides to lead the whales out herself, reaching out to touch the largest whale, but being denied quickly, having been told off by Koro who reprimands her saying, “Do not touch it! You have done enough.” she sneaks up to
tradition was broken when Pai’s twin brother passes away. What Koro does not understand is that Pai is the leader everyone has been waiting for. The people from Maori have been waiting for a long time and many have lost hope and are leaving the village. The culture has also become unhealthy for example, when Pai comes home and notices that the women playing cards at the dinner table have been smoking. Pai states, “ Maori women have got to stop smoking, we have to protect our childbearing’s.” This quote
three themes I found intriguing were respect, tradition and cultural identity. A major theme in ‘Whale Rider’ is respect, the film made it obvious that Koro holds the most respect for he is the chief and everyone is expected to abide by his rules. Pai shows strength by standing up for herself in a passive aggressive way when being confronted by Koro who is her grandfather, but her strength comes with negativity. How she stands her ground almost seems as though she is lacking respect to chief Koro
son, Porourangi, welcomes twin boy and girl into the world. Sadly, the mother and one of the babies die during childbirth. The baby that survived is a girl and her name is Pai. Porourangi is so upset and in such grief that he leaves Pai to be raised by his parents. At first, the grandfather Koro has a very hard time loving Pai because he does not want her to be the inheritor of the title of “whale rider.” The grandmother, Flowers, believes that she is just a sweet child who
New-Zealand and focuses around Pai, a twelve year old Maori girl who desires to be the next chief of her tribe, but the current tribe chief and her grandfather Koro opposes the idea of a girl ever becoming a chief and undermines all her achievement. The movie revolves around Pai who lost her mother and twin brother during birth. We learn that her father is a photographer and migrated to Germany to live his passion, leaving her to be raised by her grandparents. We observe that Pai becomes attached to his
eldest son, but Pai was suppose to be a boy. Her grandfather silenced her grandmother at the hospital when she was born. Pai grandfather does not accept the fact that she is more capable to be a leader than any of the other boys in her community. Pai is the one who founded her grandfather prize possession in the sea. She loves her grandfather deeply and is disapproval hurts her, and he loves her dearly too. A scene in the movie was when her grandfather silenced the audience when Pai was performing
Whangara has old-fashioned attitudes that blind him to his granddaughter’s potential as his successor. It is only when tragedy strikes that Pai can prove to her grandfather that her community’s link with the spiritual world of the Maori lives on. The emphasis on Maori culture and myth allow us to classify Whale Rider as a film that shows the protagonist, Pai, being unable "go home" and to understand it through a connection between myth, culture, and family. Myth: Myth comes from the Greek word mythos
presented to the reader. Each one has their own behavioral characteristics which one may or my not approve of. The two characters whose behaviors I most approve of are Lee Pai and Hernando. The characters whose behaviors I do not approve of are Sven and John. There are several reasons why I approve of the behaviors of Lee Pai and Hernando and do not approve of the behaviors of Sven and John. All of these reasons I have based on my interpretation of the story, The Parable. The Parable is a
Ashley Jack Tuesday, December 12th Net neutrality is an issue that has been brought up several times throughout the years but is currently resurfacing as Ajit Pai, chairman of the FCC, plans to have it repealed. Voting for this decision will take place on the 14th. Before delving too deeply into the topic, let's define net neutrality. It’s the principle that companies that connect consumers to the internet cannot block any content. They must make all content available at the same speed, meaning
Written by Margaret K. Pai, the Dreams of Two Yi-min narrates the story of her Korean American family with the main focus on the life journeys of her father and mother, Do In Kwon and Hee Kyung Lee. Much like the majority of the pre-World War II immigrants, the author’s family is marked and characterized by the common perception of the “typical” Asian immigrant status in the early 20th century: low class, lack of English speaking ability, lack of transferable education and skills, and lack of knowledge
periods from the late 1970’s to the early 1980’s. The opening scene presents one of the Chiefs son’s accompanying his wife through labor, where she is presumed dead along with one of their twins, the boy. The only survivor is the daughter, which is named Pai. This is highly controversial, as Paikea is said to be the name of the future chief, named after the original Paikea, an ancestor who rode the whales into the village. The film takes place in a very difficult period for a woman, as it laps with the
Weisburd, 1992). Individuals began to be influenced by the power of wealth and materialism, this encouraged criminal behavior. The executives of Enron (Lay, Skilling, Pai, and Fastow) were motivated by power and greed. They were caught up in the capitalist ideal to make as much money as possible and to be powerful. Lay, Skilling, Pai, and Fastow came from respectful families. The documentary gave insight into the life of Kenneth Lay. He came from a religious family. He was the son of a Baptist preacher
impacts the future of the country as a whole (para. 5). As previously mentioned, Ajit Pai promotes a renewed internet regulation that can allow prioritization that would allow companies to pay a higher price to have faster web speeds, which are also known as fast lanes (para. 8). Singel introduces various points made my Ajit Pai and then adds his thoughts from his standpoint surrounding his startup experience. In short, Pai explains that fast lanes will help startups in two primary ways: fast lanes can