Why did Mafatu leave his home?

Why did Mafatu leave his home?

Why did Mafatu leave the island? Because he was now brave. Because he was bored. Because the eaters-of-men were going to get him.

What made Mafatu decide he would leave the island and prove his courage?

What made Mafatu decide that he’d leave the island and prove his courage? When he overheard his friend, Kana, telling the other boys that Mafatu was a coward. Mafatu’s pet dog and albatross (a bird).

Why did tavana Nui’s silence make Mafatu feel ashamed?

Tavana Nui is the Great Chief of the Hikueru, and Mafatu’s father. His silence shames Mafatu, because the boy knows that it signifies his disappointment in his cowardice. Mafatu knows that his father loves him and is understanding of his fear of the sea.

Why did Mafatu’s father fear him?

What was Mafatus fear? Why did Mafatu’s father fear for him? Afraid he could not live up to his name, Stout Heart, because he was afaid. How was Mafatu treated by the other children?

What did Mafatu tell Moana on his journey back home?

What does Mafatu tell Moana on his journey back to his home? I want to honor you. I am not afraid of you anymore.

Why didn’t Mafatu eat the coconuts?

Why didn’t Mafatu eat the coconuts? He was too weak to climb up the coconut tree.

What did Mafatu do as soon as he reached the island?

Mafatu’s mother’s final action upon finally reaching shore was to reach for a cracked coconut and “to press the cool, sustaining meat to her child’s lips before she died”.

What did Mafatu and Uri eat for supper?

Later, after he finds the altar of the cannibals, Mafatu makes himself a fire and has cooked food. He uses the fire to cook the breadfruit and the bananas. He eats all of the bananas and shares the breadfruit with Uri, his dog.

How does call it courage end?

All we know for sure are two things: First of all, that he faints into the arms of his father, Tavana Nui, after he returns home from his epic voyage. And second, that years after the voyage, the people of Hikeuru still sing Mafatu’s story in their chants and tell it around fires.