Whale Rider Analysis
Whale Rider Essay
Whale Rider shows just how important culture and tradition is to some people. Whale Rider is about the current chief, Koro, having to accept that the tradition of the first born males becoming the next chief will have change, and the challenges he has to overcome by letting a female become leader and breaking the tradition and letting a girl be in control. Koro is heartbroken when he throws his whale bone into the ocean and not one of the boys manages to retrieve it. But Pai has several surprises for her tradition-bound grandfather that will open his eyes and the rest of the tribe to her true destiny. To become the next chief.
Koro doesn’t see Pai’s potential because he thinks that girls can’t be leaders or in control. He …show more content…
Koro believes the qualities the new chief should have are leadership, strength, learn to control anger, master it (taiaha)/ show it respect. Being a leader, you must first prove yourself worthy, and when Pai is born, Koro decides not let her become the leader because of her gender. He blames Pai for her brother dying and when the whales are beached. He thinks that she is bad luck. Koro said “When she was born, that’s when things went wrong for them”. Although he constantly reminded Paikea of this, she carried on and proved to be a leader and that she was not the traditional woman copied by society.
Pai grows up knowing of Koro’s disappointment that she is not a boy. Despite that there is barrier between them, they do bond and by the time she is 12 years old, he is picking her up every day from school on his bicycle. Nanny Flowers has a special place in her heart for Pai and gives her the moral support she needs. Pai feels upset that Koro doesn’t believe in her and that she can become a leader. Pai knows she has to be the leader, and she just really wants to show Koro that she can do it. Pai is determined to show Koro that she is the right leader.
Pai: “Why doesn’t he want
Whale Rider shows just how important culture and tradition is to some people. Whale Rider is about the current chief, Koro, having to accept that the tradition of the first born males becoming the next chief will have change, and the challenges he has to overcome by letting a female become leader and breaking the tradition and letting a girl be in control. Koro is heartbroken when he throws his whale bone into the ocean and not one of the boys manages to retrieve it. But Pai has several surprises for her tradition-bound grandfather that will open his eyes and the rest of the tribe to her true destiny. To become the next chief.
Koro doesn’t see Pai’s potential because he thinks that girls can’t be leaders or in control. He …show more content…
Koro believes the qualities the new chief should have are leadership, strength, learn to control anger, master it (taiaha)/ show it respect. Being a leader, you must first prove yourself worthy, and when Pai is born, Koro decides not let her become the leader because of her gender. He blames Pai for her brother dying and when the whales are beached. He thinks that she is bad luck. Koro said “When she was born, that’s when things went wrong for them”. Although he constantly reminded Paikea of this, she carried on and proved to be a leader and that she was not the traditional woman copied by society.
Pai grows up knowing of Koro’s disappointment that she is not a boy. Despite that there is barrier between them, they do bond and by the time she is 12 years old, he is picking her up every day from school on his bicycle. Nanny Flowers has a special place in her heart for Pai and gives her the moral support she needs. Pai feels upset that Koro doesn’t believe in her and that she can become a leader. Pai knows she has to be the leader, and she just really wants to show Koro that she can do it. Pai is determined to show Koro that she is the right leader.
Pai: “Why doesn’t he want