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My thoughts on the short story ‘‘The Farewell place’’ by Phil kawana is little sad/funny and interesting at the same time because even though Kahu’s koro died ‘’he knew now that although there would be no new memories for him, Kahu could keep as much of his koro as he needed’’. The relationship between koro and his grandchildrens are sharing importance of their Maori beliefs. There comes a time where sons and daughters and grandchildren lose their father/grandpa becomes one of the worst nightmares that could happen in our lives because all the memories we had are gone and all the happiness and the fun things we had are all gone but most of all….. Love. 

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My thoughts on the short story ‘‘The Farewell place’’ by Phil kawana is little sad/funny and interesting at the same time because even though Kahu’s koro died ‘’he knew now that although there would be no new memories for him, Kahu could keep as much of his koro as he needed’’. The relationship between koro and his grandchildrens are sharing importance of their Maori beliefs. There comes a time where sons and daughters and grandchildren lose their father/grandpa becomes one of the worst nightmares that could happen in our lives because all the memories we had are gone and all the happiness and the fun things we had are all gone but most of all….. Love. 

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I also saw the idea of perspectives. Everyone at the funeral told stories about Kahu’s grandfather and how they knew him. They saw a different side to him. His family disapproved of smoking and drinking but Kahu and his Koro escaped to drink when kahu was only fifteen years old. When koro was getting older, everybody thought that he looked peaceful. “Everybody had said how peaceful the old man looked, how at rest he must be. To Kahu, he looked colourless and empty like a discarded plastic paper.” “This was not the koro he had known...” Kahu just thought that his koro was going to die after his third stroke. “ He had seen the life start to seep away.”

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The story was meaningful with a lot emotion and tension between the characters

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Another theme I see in this story is how Kahu couldn't understand things properly. He didn't listen to the maori speeches about his grandfather because he couldn't understand his culture properly. He didn't understand why he couldn't cry. He didn't understand the grief until he had to let go of him. “....but Kahu felt nothing except the desire to the out of the sun,,,” (pg84)

“It was then that Kahu felt the gift that the Wanihi had given him, that indescribable something in her grasp when she had taken his elbow.” (pg 88) ACHIEVED

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The short story teaches us about  the hardships that families go through after losing a loved one.For example" Kay and Ripeka were up ahead and were somehow managing to hold each other upright as their bodies quaked with grief ".In addition to that we learn about the bond between a grandson and grandfather that from kahu perspective :

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I think that Kahu was really upset about his Koro passing away he realized once he had to say goodbye to him for good he suddenly realized that there was no going back now his koro is gone and there is nothing to do about it, now he is regretting not paying attention to the priest when he should have, instead he was distracted by alcohol and girls

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That story was too sad

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the cousin seems to not care about their grandpa's funeral

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the cousin seems to not care about their grandpa's funeral

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Kahus depressed so he drinks alcohol to relief him self

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Kahus depressed so he drinks alcohol to relief him self

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One of the characters died at the end which is sad a little

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One of the characters died at the end which is sad a little

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My thought on the story The farewell place is that, Kahu would rather be thinking about a girl than his grandfather. Also Ripeka had really cared for koro as i can tell from this sentence  "He could hear Ripeka sobbing over to his left" this is saying that Ripeka is crying over the death of koro. Kahu doesn't understand his own culture properly,"Kahu wished he could understand what the priest was saying,just so he could get idea of how much longer he had to stand there in the hot,thick air".

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Ripeka, Gina, Kahu, uncle gene are all descendants of koro and they are at his funeral. In a way they were all trying to get over the feeling of sadness by distracting each other from what was happening. "I know why Maoris have flat noses,' Ripeka whipsered.'To much hongi-ing.'
They all giggled together and gina had elbowed ripkea in the ribs."

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when the grandfather past his family was grieving over him

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In this Maori story the character kahu was upset of the passing of his Koro , he was depressed so he used alcohol as a cure of he's grieving 😂🤔3zz up 🔹🔷🔹

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New bonds, loose ties, last thread, same old lies. EXPLAIN
That was my explanation.

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The theme in this short story is the loss of a loved one EXPLAIN

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Thoughts on the story is the story is relatable because everyone's lost a loved one before. Everyone has different ways of grieving and mourning over the loss of a loved one, the main character uses alcohol to grieve.

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The theme of Guilt is present throughout the story. Kahu felt guilty because he was thinking about a girl he met yesterday instead of paying attention to the funeral procedures.
“He felt guilty, not only for that, but also for how his mind had wandered during the priest’s long and indecipherable sermon.” Kahu also felt disconnected because he didn't understand how to feel. He didn't know how to feel genuine loss for his grandfather. “He wished he could cry, that he could feel genuine loss for his grandfather, but nothing would come” MERIT ANSWER

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What is the relationship between the characters?

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What is the relationship between the characters?

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My thoughts on the story is that it explains the emotions people feel and the realisation of cruel death is.

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The relationship between Koro and the rest of the characters are Grandfather and grandchildren- sharing the importance of their Maori beliefs.

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Koro is Kahu Grandfather
Gina is Kahu Cousin? BE SPECIFIC TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL RELATIONSHIP- WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHY?

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I thought that this story started out boring then the grandfather died and his grandson kahu grieves and tries to fix his problems by drinking alcohol "Kahu recalled his first taste of gin, stolen from Koro's glass one Christmas."

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I think this story is interesting  because it shows how they express their feelings towards the death or the funeral. "He wished he could cry, that he could feel genuine grief for the loss of his grandfather, but nothing would come" . "He had nodded and smiled and shaken his head sadly at the right moments"

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our thoughts on this story, ''the farewell place'' is that, it's about a grandfather who has past away and everyone in the family is grieving over his loss.

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I thought the story was really boring because it's not interesting.

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My thoughts on the story is that it shows different ways people grieve or feel over the death of somebody.

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The story "The Farewell Place" by Phil Kawana is a incident that emerged in small boy in Taranaki named, Kahu. Our thoughts on this story relates within how people have different feelings and emotions. One of the example that the authour showed us about Kahu was when he skulked away secretly to smoke and drink. This means that it is hard for kahu to process all the feelings and emotions. One of the words that showed powerful message to us is the world Guilt. Guilt is a very deep word as kahu experiences this towards the relationship of his Koro, Kuia, whanau such as Gina. We could see this as there was a quote in the story stating "He felt it growing inside him, like a shoot tunnelling it's way up the soil towards the light of a hot spring day."

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Analysis of The Farewell PlaceWhat are your thoughts about the story?What are themes or ideas you see in this story- give quotes to back It up.3) What is the relationship between characters: Ripeka, Kahu, Gina, Uncle Gene, Koro?

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Analysis of The Farewell PlaceWhat are your thoughts about the story?What are themes or ideas you see in this story- give quotes to back It up.3) What is the relationship between characters: Ripeka, Kahu, Gina, Uncle Gene, Koro?