Introduction & Island Life
Answer: Motunui
Question:
What is the name of Moana’s island home?
Answer: The main character of the film.
Question: Who is Moana?
A: This chooses young Moana at the beginning of the film.
Question: What is the ocean?
Q: What does Moana want to do that her father forbids?
A: She wants to sail beyond the reef and explore the ocean.
Answer: They leave Motunui with Moana.
Question: Who is Heihei?
Answer: This part of plot introduces the setting and characters?
Question: What is the introduction or exposition?
What is one natural resource that begins to fail on Motunui?
The coconuts begin to rot, or the fish disappear from the reef.
Answer: Moana's Father
Question: Who is Chief Tui?
Answer: The object the ocean gives Moana.
Question: What is The Heart of Te Fiti?
Q: What is one responsibility Moana’s father expects her to accept?
Answer: He expects her to become a responsible leader of Motunui. AND Answer: Chief Tui expects Moana to follow the island’s rules.
Answer: Moana faces this natural danger soon after leaving the island.
Question: What is a powerful storm?
Answer: In this part of the plot of "Moana", the ocean chooses Moana and gives her the heart of Te Fiti, setting her on the path to restore it. This begins Moana's adventure.
Question: "What is the _______ _________?
Question: What is the inciting incident?
The failing coconuts and lack of fish serve as a catalyst to send Moana on her adventure to find the heart of Te'Fiti.
What rule does Chief Tui make about the reef?
No one is allowed to go beyond the reef.
Answer: This character tells Moana stories about Te Fiti and Maui.
Question: Who is Gramma Tala?
Answer: According to Gramma Tala’s story, they took the heart of Te Fiti.
Question: Who is Maui?
Q: Moana is torn between two choices. What are they? Answer: Moana..., but she also...
Answer: Moana loves her island and wants to help her people, but she also feels drawn to the ocean and wants to explore.
Answer: Maui takes this and traps Moana in this.
Question: What is The Heart and a cave?
Q: What is the Call to Adventure or The Mission in Moana’s story? "Moana needs to... and..., so she can..."
Answer: Moana needs to find Maui and return the heart of Te Fiti so she can help save her island.
Why is the loss of fish especially serious for the people of Motunui?
Fishing helps provide food for the community, so the people are losing an important source of food.
Answer: A powerful demigod of wind and sea who lost a fishhook and the heart of Te'Fiti.
Question: Who is Maui?
Q: How does the ocean treat Moana differently from other people?
A: The ocean seems to recognize her, interact with her, and help her, creating a special connection with her.
Q: Why does Moana decide to leave Motunui?
A: Moana believes she must find Maui and restore the heart of Te Fiti to help save her island.
A: In order to find Maui, Moana follows this and eventually reaches Maui’s island.
Question: What is the stars and the journey connected to the heart of Te Fiti?
Q: What is one example of Moana’s refusal of The Call To Adventure or not wanting to accept her mission?
At first, Moana tries to follow her father’s rules and stay on Motunui instead of sailing beyond the reef.
How does the island’s changing environment create a problem for the whole community?
Motunui depends on the natural resources around the island, and the failing coconuts and lack of fish threaten the community’s food, safety, and way of life.
Q: How are Chief Tui and Gramma Tala different in their advice to Moana?
A: Chief Tui urges Moana to stay safely on the island, while Gramma Tala encourages her to listen to her own calling and explore.
Q: Why might the ocean’s choice of Moana be important to the story? A: The ocean's choice of Moana shows that...
A: The ocean's choice of Moana shows that... Moana has a special role in restoring balance and connects her personal identity to a larger responsibility. "With great power comes great responsibility."
Q: How does Moana’s decision to leave show both courage and responsibility? Answer: Moana risks leaving the safety of home because she wants..., even though she feels...
Answer Moana risks leaving the safety of home because she wants to protect her people, even though she is afraid and uncertain about what will happen.
A: When Moana first practices this important skill, she struggles to control the boat, use the sail, and navigate the ocean.
Question: What is learn to sail?
Q: What does Moana do that shows she is leaving her familiar, ordinary world and entering an uncertain world of adventure?
A: When Moana leaves Motunui and sails into the open ocean, she leaves her familiar world and enters an uncertain world of adventure.