Gilbert’s feels stuck in the dull town of Endora. Living with his obese Mama who he is ashamed of “She’s a whale,” as seen in the eyes of Gilbert and the community. His immature sister Ellen “I want Ellen to grow up.” Caring mother-like figure Amy “My older sister Amy is more like a mother.” And mentally disabled brother Arnie “Doctors said we’d be lucky if Arnie lived to be ten... Now the doctors are saying any time now.” Because of Arnies disability he compulsively climbs the towns water tower, getting him down Gilbert sings to him “match in the gas tank boom, boom.” When Gilbert’s mother dies, he comes up with the idea to burn her down with the house else “it’s gonna take a crane to get her out.” and there would be a crowd “I just know there’s gonna be a crowd” Throughout the course of the movie Gilbert plays a strong father figure and is heavily relied on because of this. One of his many duties is to keep up the repairs on the house “My Dad built the house, and it’s my job to keep up the repairs.” another more large responsibility of his is Mama, after the suicide of her husband, Mama, who was once the most beautiful girl in her youth, lost her sense of self worth. Feeling as though she had nothing to live and strive for, she
“When you are fifteen years old, said their grandmother, you will be allowed to come up out of the sea” (Andersen, 5). She struggles with wanting to see outside the ocean, but she is not allowed to go above the sea until she is 15. The little mermaid has five sisters, each a year apart. “None of them wanted to see the world as much as the youngest and she was the one who had the very longest to wait” (Andersen, 5). This part of the story is identifiable with the fourth stage, Industry versus Inferiority because the little mermaid feels inferiority that her sisters get to go before her and she has to wait the longest to go to the top.
Whaling has been around on since prehistoric times, they were hunted by chasing the whales, and throwing a harpoon into them. Whaling and fishing in the late nineteenth and twentieth century became a tragedy of the commons where fishermen had little incentive to allow some fish to remain to only be taken by others. Countries around the world were putting whales on the brink of extinction through any means necessary. By not taking young fish, this would allow future fish to keep the population stable, but by not taking the younger fish, the fishermen would lose these to other fishermen. In the 1800s and 1900s whales were found to be quite practical and useful.
When her baby brother is born, it doesn’t upset her, and she is still the heir to the throne. Years later, a mistake is made by Anna, and she is removed from the position of heir, and it is given to her brother, John. Livid with anger, and filled with revenge, she waits for her turn to avenge her brother. Another important character in the story is her grandmother, Anna Dalassena. She is the woman who taught her everything she needed to know about running an empire.
As if that was not horrible enough, dolphin trainers and veterinarians witness and sometimes assist the killings. If they see a "good-looking dolphin", they purchase them to use in dolphinariums (a dolphin aquarium) and amusement parks around the world (Brian Duignan, Dolphin Slaughter in Japan, Advocacy.britannica.com) including the beloved Sea World. A former Sea World biologist stated in a short documentary, "Sea World has been involved in illegal and unethical actions to assure their parks are well stocked with killer whales." He also said in the same documentary that, "Sea World representatives secretly promoted the Japanese dolphin drivers where thousands of animals are
Since 1986, 31,984 whales have been killed (Whaling). Credibility Stmt: I have learned about this issue from watching a show called Whale Wars, which airs on Animal Planet. Preview Main Points (can be thesis statement but state again here): Today I am going to talk to about the threats endangered whales face today, and how they are being protected. Body I. First I am going to talk to you about the threats whales face today.
In the film “Whale Rider” directed by “Niki Caro” set in Whangara is about a girl called Paikea who strived to become a female leader but her koro paka didn’t have faith in her. He didn’t want to break a tradition but when pai proved him wrong he finally gave big opportunities for pai to lead her father’s homemade waka. My essay will show how much a decision has changed pai’s life in so many ways. The three main points will show how she is so determined in her culture, and that people believe in her and are willing to help her and how she is proving to her koro and to other males that girls can do what boys can do also. Firstly, pai is an important character because she shows determination in her culture by wanting to lead.
The religious quest is shown very clearly throughout the movie. When the main character Paikea is born, no one is glad. Her people had been waiting to celebrate and follow the first-born son, but when Paikea’s twin brother dies these hopes die too. The movie shows two different kinds of religious quests, one quest is Paikea’s and the other is of her grandfather, Koro. Paikea’s quest is more personal and direct.
Ben Pike ENG-1D-03 Mrs. MacDougall 12/5/2012 Whale Rider Essay by Ben Pike Within the movie “The Whale Rider” Paikea Apriana is seen to be a modern day hero as she plays a critical role in restoring the health of her Maori society. In New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their culture is thousand years or more and lead back to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, Whangara chiefs, always the first-born, always male, have been considered Paikea's direct descendants. Pai, an 11-year-old girl in a Maori tribe, believes she is destined to be the new chief. But her grandfather, Koro, is bound by tradition to pick a male leader.
My Sister’s Keeper In the movies My Sister’s Keeper, 13-year-old Anna Fitzgerald was brought into the world to be a genetic match for her older sister, Kate who suffers from acute promyelocytic leukaemia. Although Anna was only intended to donate blood from the umbilical cord after her birth, Kate was not fully healed, thus requiring further treatments involving Anna throughout her life. Due to her sister dependency, Anna is not able to live the life she wants, she cannot take part in extracurricular activities such as cheerleading or soccer. After numerous bone marrow transplants and blood transfusions, Anna is told that she needs to donate a kidney, to her sister Kate who’s experiencing renal failure at the age thirteen. Knowing that her parents will force her to donate a kidney to her sister, and weary of the endless medical procedures Anna decides to sue her parents, Sara and Brian Fitzgerald, for medical emancipation, or the rights to her own body.