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MEARIKI

The Quest for Truth.

(The Matawehi Fables)

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Storylines - narrative threads

This Matawehi Fable has a number of storylines - narrative threads.

Identify what these narrative threads are

(hint - characters introduced throughout story have a narrative thread of their own)

b. Once completed post on your blog with a link to the Meariki PDF available on your reading page. Post URL on completed reading task spreadsheet.

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Relationships

The relationship of Pehi and Meariki changes throughout the story.

Explain the relationship at the beginning, midway and end.
Identify the events that prompted the changes in this relationship
Why does this relationship become key to the story?

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CREATE - DLO

This graphic novel brings many things to mind. It is listed as a ‘fable’.

A fable is a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, mythical creatures, plants, inanimate objects or forces of nature which are anthropomorphized (given human qualities such as verbal communication), and that illustrates or leads to an interpretation of a moral lesson (a "moral" …)

What lessons or morals can you learn from this story - show this in a animation or movie that you need to share on your blog. Post URL of this post on our completed reading spreadsheet.