The Whale Rider: Writing Assignment And Critical Analysis (Essay Sample)

THE WHALE RIDER
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The whale rider is a fascinating movie to watch. It captures almost all fields of learning from psychology to sociology. The book talks about a girl who passed through a lot of trials before she could be finally accepted as he whale rider, leader of a tribe who had never been led by a woman figure and never thought that they could. It is a book that has a lot of dramatically event and some supernatural events that shows the relationship between man and the other creatures. The girl fate was sealed when his elder brother during his birth and there was no hair to the throne except her. The other boys that were trained who came from other bloodlines were unsatisfactory in the requirement but the girl (Kahu) did everything even though it was against his grandfathers will. There are many events that show Kahu is actually the chosen next hair but the climax is the event where she rides the whale to save the people of his kingdom. The film teaches that one should never give up no matter the situations because what is meant to be will always be at long last.
The book portrays an artistic focus in the scene where the book is at its climax. This is the scene where Kahu emerges from nowhere and comes, climbs the whale and start to ride it towards the depth of the see to save the village. It shows the difficulty that Kahu passed up to a point of passing away. This scene does not mean that Kahu drove the whale to deep end of the sea. It means that there could be a problem that would have been disturbing the kingdom and nobody was able to come up with the solution except for her. The book is written in an artistic focus and it needs a deeper attention into the book so as one can be able to understand clearly what the book is really talking about.
There are also some scientific scenes that are available in the movie. The main focus will be on the way the Whakapapa are classified. According to the movie, the link was based on some ancient sacred legends that were handed down generation after generation and they were not open to any revision whatsoever. This is the reason as to why it was hard for Kahu to be accepted as a leader even though she had all the potentials and everything that was required as a leader. The scientific evidence teaches me on how something can come to exist and how it can be very difficult to change it even if it is time to change it.
The main culture that is shown throughout the film is the men dominance over women. It was a culture of the Whangara people to be led by males. They believed that women were meant for household chores and men were meant for other activities. This cultures represents women as inferior beings compared to men. This culture blinds Kahu’s grandfather to see the potential of Kahu to be the leader of Whangara people. Every attempt that kahu tried to show to her grandfather she was shut down. The book also brings the picture of women comes to liberate their rights and change some cultures that have always been there about the inferiority of women. It shows how Kahu did not give up on her leadership roles even after being shut down many times by his grandfather. The climax where she proves to everyone that even she a woman can lead and even the grandfather accepts the fate of the girl’s shows women liberation. The movie shows the women fight for equal right is possible. In the modern world, women have liberated themselves and there is no lo...