The Whale Rider (Edexcel IGCSE English Literature): Flashcards
Exam code: 4ET1
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Fill in the gap: "The air was filled with ＿＿＿＿＿ spray"
The narrator, Chapter 21
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Fill in the gap: "The air was filled with ＿＿＿＿＿ spray"
The narrator, Chapter 21
Answer: "The air was filled with diamond spray"
Fill in the gap: "I was still too ＿＿＿＿＿"
Rawiri, Chapter 11
Answer: "I was still too dark"
Fill in the gap: "The ＿＿＿＿＿ was like spears"
Rawiri, Chapter 17
Answer: "The rain was like spears"
Fill in the gap: "'Hey,' Nanny Flowers ＿＿＿＿＿, 'you old paka'"
Rawiri, Chapter 3
Answer: "'Hey,' Nanny Flowers boomed, 'you old paka'"
Key quote: "In the old days, in the years that have gone before us, the land and sea felt a great emptiness, a yearning"
The narrator, Chapter 1
Analysis
Ihimaera opens the novel by showing the close bond between people and nature. The word "yearning" suggests nature feels empty and lonely without humans.
Key quote: "As he grew in his arrogance he started to drive a wedge through the original oneness of the world"
The narrator, Chapter 16
Analysis
The metaphor of a "wedge" shows how people have cut themselves off from nature. Ihimaera presents this separation as harmful.
Key quote: "And the spear then leapt from his hands with gladness and soared through the sky"
The narrator, Chapter 1
Analysis
Ihimaera begins with the Māori legend of the whale rider. The personified spear shows the spiritual power of Māori culture and identity.
Key quote: "Our Koro was like an old whale stranded in an alien present"
Rawiri, Chapter 11
Analysis
This simile shows Koro is stuck in the past, struggling to live in the modern world.
Key quote: "...the bull whale began to lose his nostalgia for the past and to put his thoughts to the present and the future"
The narrator, Chapter 19
Analysis
The bull whale lets go of its longing for the past and looks to the future. This mirrors Koro, suggesting that tradition must adapt to survive.
Key quote: "The baby could be named Kahu, after Kahutia Te Rangi"
Rawiri, Chapter 4
Analysis
Naming a girl after the great ancestor Kahutia Te Rangi causes conflict in the family. It foreshadows that Kahu will become the leader.
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