The game of Cards

 Reflection.

In the Book 'Witi Ihimaera his best stories' we read two of his short story 1- A game of Cards 2- The seahorse and the reef, The first story was about his Nani Mini and how she and the woman would sit in the sitting room and play card but she was sick slowly, the Second story was about how he and his family would go out to the sea and catch some food to eat while he and sister went into there special place/ the pupu pool they found a seahorse they wanted to take it home but the father told them if you treat the sea with love and with Aroha in the end the sea was polluted by the crown.

Critical Literary Question: What kind of language is use in the text ?

Critical Literary Answer: In the short story they use some Maori word like 'Haere mai, mokopuna, Haere mai, Mmm, Mmm' but it was mostly in English. They use this because They were telling a story about their family and wanna us to know what they were saying.

Thank you for reading.