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Whale Rider Reflection

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The movie Whale Rider is filmed in present day New Zealand, in which a life of 12-13 year girl Paikea Apirana in a Maori community is shown. Paikea’s twin brother and mother died on the day of her birth. Her father could not bear the death, sorrow of his wife and child and flew to Europe alone and left little Paikea with her grandparents and uncle. Her Grandfather Koro wanted a boy to became the chief of his tribe, but unfortunately, his grandson died and only Paikea survives. Koro didn’t accept Paikea but took good care of her in her early days. However, with time Koro felt dejected and grief for not having a grandson and future chief of Moari tribe. Koro even asked his son to marry again and gave him another grandson and future chief, however, he declines his father’s offer and moved abroad again.
After going through the grief of not having a grandson, Koro decided to train all other boys of the tribes to become leaders. He started formal coaching classes for the boys which included fighting with sticks, chanting of traditional rhymes and other leadership skills. Paikea also wanted to join these …show more content…

The ending scenes of the movie was inspiring and showed Paikeas effort. Due to some oceanic event, the whales came out of the sea and were dying on the beaches. It was believed that they were coming to the beach to die because she called for them and they are here to help her and the tribe. All the people from the tribe, including Koro reached the beach and tried to save the whales. However, none of their efforts made a change as the whales were too heavy to move. However, from nowhere Paikea arrived and caressed the big whale and suddenly the big whale started to move and then she rides on the big whale. Everybody was amazed seeing her riding on the whale. This was a sacred prophecy that their leader will ride on a whale. No one, especially Koro, was expecting her to be the great leader. However, she proved everyone wrong and fulfills the prophecy of great

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