Whale Rider - Relationships

Question 1

What quotes show Rawri and Kahu’s reltionship?

Answer 1

• “I think my bonding to her was confirmed that night”* “I felt I should look after her till the world ended”* “I loved her all the more for her vulnerability”

Question 2

What quotes show koro and Kahu’s relationship for majority of the novel?

Answer 2

• “the only difference was that she loved him but he didnt love her”* “She wept because Koro Apirana didn’t love her”* “I have no use for her”* “Love Paka”* “that’s how much she loved him”

Question 3

what quotes show Kahu and Nani flowers relationship?

Answer 3

“Nani Flowers hugged her fiercely”“Nani was really hurting with love for Kahu”

Question 4

What quotes show relationship between Nani and Koro?

Answer 4

“The old paka” - loving nickname she gives to koro when shes annoyed with him”Te mae te mae”“Im really going to divorce him” - jokingly “Koro Aprirana looked at her lovingly”

Question 5

What quotes show the development of Kahu and Koro’s relationship after she has ridden the whale?

Answer 5

• “I love you”* “I should have known she was the one”* “Boy or girl, it doesnt matter”