Whale rider - Travelling Flashcards
What quote shows Rawri’s first presentation of australia? analyse.
“big, bold, brassy, brawdy and beautiful” - alliteration creates harsh sound shows enormity of it, beautiful as the last word is impactful as it shows how rawri admires the change from his home town
What is Rawri’s motto while travelling, why is it significant?
“a cous was a cous” - foreshadows later events where he looks out for a victim of racism in Papa New Guenea. This is also significant as it shows his solidarity with Maori people regardless of where he is
What quote shows Rawri’s encounter with racism while travelling?
“Its only a native”
What upsets rawri while travelling that makes him want to go home?
Jeff’s family in Papa New Ginea hit a Maori person and they leave him there while Rawri is left to help him by himself. he is disgusted by these actions and seeks to explore no more
What does Rawri learn while he is travelling?
- The importance of origin and family
- What being Maori means to him
- The difference of other cultures outside his home
- What ‘Maori’ can look like in other places
What quote reflects what Rawri learns about family dynamics between parents and children that expresses Kahu and Koro’s dynamic?
“sometimes love becomes a power game between the ambitions that parents have for their children and the ambitions that children have for themselves.”
What quote sums up Jeff’s attitude and defence towards his parents
“Family is family”
What quote shows what Rawri learns about the way other Maori people live outside New Zealand?
“As far as I could see, they were living the way they wanted to”
What is the significance in focusing on rawri’s travels?
change in perspective, allows the reader to see the real threat of modernism to Maori tradition, the outside view on Maori culture
