Personal Narrative: Moana

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When I was thinking about which fairy tale I wanted to write about there were a couple. Of course, being a father to a little two-year-old little girl the other option that I had was Frozen but I felt as though, one, this would be a popular choice because the movie is popular and, two, there is a lot to summarize and I wanted to go in a different direction. I also favored Moana because back in August I had the opportunity to go to Hawaii for a two-week work trip with my unit. When I was there it was difficult not to connect with the people of the state of Hawaii. They were very friendly and welcoming. It really felt like a home away from home. Moana is about a girl who is the daughter to Chief Tui, leader of the people of the Pacific Island of Motunui, trying to discover her true life calling. The movie starts with Tala, Moana’s grandmother, telling the story of Te Fiti, island goddess who provides nourishments for the other Pacific Islands, and how her heart was stolen by Maui. Maui is a demigod of wind and sea. After Maui steals the heart he is attacked by Te Ka, a lava demon of earth and fire seeking Te Fiti’s heart, causing Maui to lose his magical fish hook, which gives him the power to shape shift, and the heart of Te Fiti to the ocean. A Millennium later Moana, just after hearing the story of Te Fiti from her Tala, finds Te Fiti’s heart near …show more content…

In my opinion, she is viewed as mother earth who provides nourishments and life necessities for the people in the Pacific Islands. In the movie, Tala describes Te Fiti’s island as beautiful full of life and happiness. All this of course is ruined when Maui takes the heart but his intentions were good. You see Maui was rejected by his parents and the gods felt sorry for him and made him a demi god. Throughout his life, Maui sought after ways to make humans love him. He stole the heart so that he could humans a way of creating whatever they

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Personal Narrative: Moana

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