English whale rider

Question 1

context

Answer 1

-Ihimaera kids asked him why in all of those movies the boy was the hero and the girl was always the one who was helpless. ‘So I decided to write a novel in which the girl is the hero and I finished The Whale Rider in three weeks.’
- the whale rider was published in 1987, during a time when testing of nuclear arms and nuclear test sites were very much in the media.

Question 2

kahu and feminism

Answer 2

• ‘It was Kahu’s intervention which perhaps saved us all’
• “Suddenly Kahu made a quick darting gesture.’ –> Kahu getting the stone shows that her gender does not define her ability to lead and become the whale rider.
• ‘don’t think you’re leaving me out of this.’

Question 3

nani and feminism

Answer 3

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