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Destiny In Bless Me Ultima And Whale Rider

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Everybody has a destiny, but it is not always set in stone. Bad things can happen in our destiny, but we can change our destiny. I have read and see the movie about Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya and Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera. Both stories talk about a kid destiny and what they going to be in the future. Antonio and Paikea find their destinies through their birth, willing to sacrifice and thirst for knowledge. Both Antonio and Paikea have the special birth. Antonio and Paikea birth both have conflict and setup question about their destiny. When Antonio is born, the Lunas and the Marezs fight about what Antonio will be when he grow up, but Ultima say that she will bury the afterbirth. In the same way, when Paikea is born, her mom and her

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