The Whale Rider: Response

         The past week we have been watching Whale Rider. Overall I liked the movie a lot. It wasn't boring at all and it was good practice with using the How to read like a Professor notes. While watching this movie, our class discussed a lot about different symbols and motifs that we noticed throughout it. One that came up the most was Whales.

             Whales were used to symbolize ancestors, a bond within the tribe, family and life. Their were many examples of this within the movie. At one point the Whales got stuck on the beach for following their leader which they always have done. This symbolized that by following what you always do can lead to a mistake and changing things up with Paikea leading could be possible.