I have just finished reading a book called "The Whale Rider"by Witi Ihimaera. It was a very interesting and amazing book however not every single thing was in English. I liked the fact that the author has added life to the whales. The author gave life to the whales and also made them just look like us. It also told us a lot about the past and the life of a whale. Not only it was a story but it was an educational story. It taught me a lot about the different kinds of whales there are and their roles in the whale family. For ex. I learned that the bull whales are the chief of the whole whale family and there are many other whales like the old mother whale (wife of the bull whale) then there are female whales and warrior whales.
I liked this book because it told me how the life of humans is connected to the life of the whales. It's about the maori community and people in a small village called Whangara. There's also a big connection in the book of the whales with music and I really liked that in the book.
The book is very descriptive in terms of the setting and characters. The setting is always described in much detail like the ocean and the sea. They are so descriptive that it creates a very clear image in our minds of the setting and the place.
Throughout the book, there was a sentence or phrase repeated almost at the end of each chapter. It was 'Let it be Done'. I think that this is probably the message of the book as well. There were many things in the book which were if they wouldn't have been the way they actually are then it would be really different. So many things are supposed to be done they way they are happening and we can't really change them. We should let things happened the way they are going right now or we can destroy many other things. And also many things happen when they are supposed to happen and usually there's aways a purpose behind everything.
When Kahu is taken into the deeper and open ocean by the bull whale, then we get to read the conversation between the whales. Here at the end there's the sentence/phrase where it says let it be done. The whales here decide to bring Kahu back to the people of land and far far away from the sea. If Kahu would have not entered the sea in order to help the bull whale live, and be carried far, far away form the land and the people then Koro might not have realized his mistake of differing between girls and boys. His biggest mistake was the he was no able to accept the fact that there were no boys in the next generation to take over the chief's place in his family. The tradition of passing this responsibility to the boys of the new generation was carried on over many of his old generations from the past. But didn't considered girls the same as the boys. He thought that what the boys could do was not what the girls could do. The girls should be considered less than boys in many aspects and even he has been having many arguments over this with his wife throughout his life after their marriage.
When Paka set up the task of getting his favorite stone form the deep and cold water for the boys, Kahu was the one who brought the stone back only for his granddad. But he didn't realize this until she was gone and Nani flowers showed him the stone. After that he realized his mistake and two days later Kahu was found back.
If this wouldn't have had happened in the story then it would not have been this interesting to the reader. And it would have also not thought Paka a great lesson of his life. Everything would have been different.
This book is very amazing and magical as well. It makes us believe that maybe anything is possible in the world.
Analysis of the book "The Whale Rider" by Witi Ihimaera
From: Akanksha
I liked this book because it told me how the life of humans is connected to the life of the whales. It's about the maori community and people in a small village called Whangara. There's also a big connection in the book of the whales with music and I really liked that in the book.
The book is very descriptive in terms of the setting and characters. The setting is always described in much detail like the ocean and the sea. They are so descriptive that it creates a very clear image in our minds of the setting and the place.
Throughout the book, there was a sentence or phrase repeated almost at the end of each chapter. It was 'Let it be Done'. I think that this is probably the message of the book as well. There were many things in the book which were if they wouldn't have been the way they actually are then it would be really different. So many things are supposed to be done they way they are happening and we can't really change them. We should let things happened the way they are going right now or we can destroy many other things. And also many things happen when they are supposed to happen and usually there's aways a purpose behind everything.
When Kahu is taken into the deeper and open ocean by the bull whale, then we get to read the conversation between the whales. Here at the end there's the sentence/phrase where it says let it be done. The whales here decide to bring Kahu back to the people of land and far far away from the sea. If Kahu would have not entered the sea in order to help the bull whale live, and be carried far, far away form the land and the people then Koro might not have realized his mistake of differing between girls and boys. His biggest mistake was the he was no able to accept the fact that there were no boys in the next generation to take over the chief's place in his family. The tradition of passing this responsibility to the boys of the new generation was carried on over many of his old generations from the past. But didn't considered girls the same as the boys. He thought that what the boys could do was not what the girls could do. The girls should be considered less than boys in many aspects and even he has been having many arguments over this with his wife throughout his life after their marriage.
When Paka set up the task of getting his favorite stone form the deep and cold water for the boys, Kahu was the one who brought the stone back only for his granddad. But he didn't realize this until she was gone and Nani flowers showed him the stone. After that he realized his mistake and two days later Kahu was found back.
If this wouldn't have had happened in the story then it would not have been this interesting to the reader. And it would have also not thought Paka a great lesson of his life. Everything would have been different.
This book is very amazing and magical as well. It makes us believe that maybe anything is possible in the world.
Analysis of the book "The Whale Rider" by Witi Ihimaera
From: Akanksha
