Make links between texts year 13!
Kiwi! is an animation about a Kiwi who spends its whole life working towards achieving his dream. The kiwi strived to create the illusion that it was flying over a forest as it soared down through the sky from the top of a cliff. Thus, the kiwi spent what must have been its whole life nailing trees to the side of a cliff. All this, to fulfil its one dream of flying, even though it was technically unable to. There are several powerful messages behind Kiwi, but mainly, it makes you think: no matter how absurd and seemingly out of reach your dreams are, what’s stopping you from achieving them? Dony Permedi, the animator and mind behind “Kiwi!” was interviewed about his work.
Q: In your words, what is the message behind “Kiwi!”?
A: Dony: “Well, let’s see… I think you can take the wrong message away from Kiwi. Some might see it as me telling you that your dreams are worth dying for (if he did die). I don’t necessarily believe that, but I think I am showing a character who is like that. Some people can be obsessive over something that only they can understand. I suppose that’s why I ended it the way I did. I think part of the sadness, comes from people asking ‘Why would he do such a thing? What is driving him to do all of this?’
So, year 13, what links to literary texts can you make with this?
