Whale Rider Relationships

Us humans are social creatures, and we crave emotional connections with others, with family, friends and even romantic relationships, but sometimes, these relationships can cause a change in our view of the world. The theme I have chosen is "How relationships can influence our view on the world" which helps reflect this. This can be found throughout the novels, The Fault in our Stars by John Green, My Life of Crime by Fleur Beale and Animal Farm by Gorge Orwell, and the film The Whale Rider directed by Niki Caro.

In the novel The Fault in our Stars, the main character, Hazel Grace, is determined to isolate herself from the rest of the world, as she believes that when she dies, all she will do is hurt those close to her. This is shown when …show more content…
Orwell uses the themes of peer pressure and group mentality, to show how the relations between the animals effect how they behave. At the beginning of the novel, it is Old Major's speech that initially brings the animals together in order to start and uprising against the humans, but it is when Napoleon takes over, that his relationships with the animals cause a negative impact on their view on the world. It is him, with help from Squealer, that convinces the animals that "Four legs good, two legs bad." which would eventually become "Four legs good, two legs better." He manipulates the animals into doing his bidding, and it's because of this that the animals begin to think that this is what the real world it like. They begin to think that all humans are terrible people, and that Napoleon is always right. George Orwell is trying to show how sometimes, relationships can have a negative impact on how we see the world around us, which contrasts with The Fault in our Stars and Life of Crime, which show a much more positive impact. Orwell wants the reader to understand that not all relationships will have a positive impact on you, and that you may have to be careful what you …show more content…
It is because Pai has spent all of her life with Koro, that she has a huge respect for her culture. Much like in The Fault in our Stars, Pai has a large amount of respect for her grandfather, and wishes to be accepted by him, and yet he always shuts her down. It is her love for her grandfather that keeps her positive, even when things turn bad for her. She is dedicated to him, and her culture, even when he doesn't show up to her speech, she still keeps her hopes up that he will soon arrive. The message Caro is trying to convey is very similar to Green, that it is because we look up to someone, that we change how we see the world, and how we act, even when things turn