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Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Yellow Brick Road: Pre-reading Questions - English

1. Witi Ihimaera was born on February 7, 1977, in Waituhi, near Gisborne, New Zealand. Ihimaera is an author, novelist and short-story writer, anthologist and librettist. He is known for being the first Maori to publish both a book of short stories and novels about Maori rather than a European. Many of his work has been adapted to films, including Mahana, Déwé Gorodé: Écrire Le Pays, White Lies, Kawa' and Whale Rider.

Witi Ihimaera - Penguin Books New Zealand

2. The title "Yellow Brick Road", for me symbolises hard work and wealth. Yellow bricks could be determined as gold which can relate to hard work and wealth. 

3. Based on the title, "Yellow Brick Road" could be about a journey about people where they face several challenged on the way to reach their goal. 

Some of his works:

Mahana (film) - Wikipedia

The Whale Rider (Kenyan schools edition) : Witi Ihimaera : 9780435135089

White Lies by Witi Ihimaera

Kawa (film) - Wikipedia

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