whale rider

 




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       I think Pi was not valued in her community or in her family because she was a female and they were looking for a male to be the leader. Pi's grandmother was on her side instead of her husband. The grandmother thought that the grandfather was not being fair to Pi. Pi wanted to do the same things the boys were doing. I think the grandfather made Pi feel useless by the things he would tell her and the way he was with her. Pi wanted to learn how to fight with a stick but the grandfather didn't want her to learn. So, Pi ask her uncle to teach her and he did. Puaker gave classes to the boys in the community so they could learn things that were needed to know to be the leader. Finally puaker gave them a test and all of them fail. Pi proved she was the chosen one by getting back the whale tooth and by riding a whale.