Essays on Whale Rider

Whale Rider: Reflection The movie, Whale Rider, takes place in New Zealand, somewhere of in the mountains in the 2000’s. Our main character’s story starts off in a hospital setting and a mother is giving birth to a freshly born, baby girl, named Paikea Apirana....

Running away is what most people do when they are facing hardships that they cannot deal with. In the short story, “The Lipstick Tree,” written by Kiana Davenport, Eva, the main character runs away from her tribal home to become a “modern woman.” She decides...

In Mythological superhero author William Indick writes the model that fits Paikea who is the hero in the film Whale Rider. In the model the hero is the child of the most distinguished parents. With Paikea, her grandfather was the leader of the tribe who...