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Society will always use its culture as a weapon against women”. Using illustrations from Witi Ihimaera’s, The Whale Rider, Write an essay to support this...

      

Society will always use its culture as a weapon against women”. Using illustrations from Witi Ihimaera’s, The Whale Rider, Write an essay to support this statement.

  

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Peter
Introduction
It is indeed true that society uses cultural practices to deny women opportunities. This is clearly brought out in the novel ‘the whale rider‘of Contextual or general introduction highlighting implications of gender disparity to women

Content
i- The naming of the girl after her male ancestor Kahutia i.e Rangi is vehemently opposed
by her great grandfather Koro Apirana, aha thanks that it would be contemptuous act since Kahu is
a girl, who was believed to be of no use in this male dominated society. He felt naming the girl-
child after the founder of the tribe was belittling Kahutia i.e. rangi’s
prestige (pg. 14- l 6)
ii- In this text the tradition does not allow a girl to take over a leadership mantle. The news
of Kahu annoyed Koro so much that he started to desperately search for someone in fact a boy- a man that will succeed him
iii- Kahu’s struggle to assert her leadership potential was brutally rejected by the traditions
through Koro. The girl naively bites Koro’s toe, searches and obtained his cover stone and traditional cray?sh that the boy has failed to retrieve did not appeal to him because she is a girl
iv- In this society the traditions restricts women from attending men’s lessons. Koro is upset when Kahu intrudes into the room where lessons on language were going on
v- Traditionally it is a taboo for a man to get in contact with Kahu. The fact that Porourangi fails to
protect the girl because of the traditional order.
vi- The cultural practice had a bad effect to man in school. Despite Kahu doing well by being top in
every item in school, Koro fails to attend the ceremony

Conclusion
In conclusion, women are never allowed to express themselves in this society. They have to fight like the girl Kahu,

Musyoxx answered the question on March 1, 2018 at 18:00


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