whale rider Flashcards
koro and kahu representing each other
‘It was surprising how closely Kahu and Koro Apirana resembled each other. The only difference was that she loved him, but didn’t love her.’
kahu connection to whales
Kahu had begun to make eerie sounds in her throat… it sounded as if she was warning them.’
koros realisation that kahu was the whale rider
‘the old man understood’
koro’s regret that he never accepted her to be the whale rider
’ i should have known she was the one’
koro ignoring tradition
‘boy or girl, it doesnt matter’
nani flowers allowing kahu’s birth chord to be buried among the ancestors
‘Your birth cord is here. No matter where you may go, you will always return. You will never be lost to us.’
kahu desperate for koro’s love
‘hungry for his love’
the whales being distorted due to the nuclear testings
Sparkling like a galaxy was a net of radioactive death’
