In the books “Big Happiness” and “The Red Headed Hawaiian” you see both authors make overall arguments about the value of being different. In the book ʻBig Happiness” the author Mark Panek gives an overall argument that we need to understand that different is ok, and in the book “The Red Headed Hawaiian” the author Rudy Puana gives the overall argument that its ok to be different. Threw out these books the author gives evidence resulting to the proof of these authors overall arguments using the rhetorical triangle: ethos, pathos, logos appeals. You also see the connection between both authors overall arguments and also the connections on the authors evidence.…
Cuteness and Kawaii essentially means childlike; it celebrates sweet, adorable, innocent, pure, simple, genuine, gentle, vulnerable, weak and inexperienced social behavior and physical appearance. (Kinsella, 1995) The word Kawaii was first appeared in the book - Konjaku Monogatari Shyu in the 12 century Heian period (Heian Jidai) Japan. Up until the early Edo period (Edo Jidai), the negative sense of Kawaii faded away, position emotional implications such as “Sympathetic” “likeable” became the mainstream, and the word Kawaii began to borrow Chinese Character…
The Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma is signifigant to our states history. They had a happy life in Northwest Ohio and Southern Michigan, until they got pushed out. Southwest Wisconsin was there new home for a little while. Oklahoma was then their last stop, along with Texas and Kansas. The nickname for the Kickapoo “Kiwigapawa” refers to them moving from place to place, because the word itself means “he moves from here to there”. Tribes across Oklahoma have had these same struggles of moving from many places because they were either kicked out, pushed out, needed a change, and etc. After the Kickapoo were forcibly removed, they have struggled to recover and come back like they used to be.…
A popular stereotype given to Native Americans is they are all savages and hunt animals in a very animalist way. This is false when it comes to the Pima tribe, or as they call themselves Akimel O’odham meaning “river people”(“Akimel O’odham (Pima)”). The Pima tribe is known for farming and being very peaceful people. They live in the Southern Arizona and Northern Mexico area on two reservations called Gila River and Salt River. This area in which they Pima people live is also the Sonoran Desert. Even though the culture of the Pima people are slowing dying out it is one that will live forever in history (“History and Culture”). The reason they will be remembered is because of their history, housing and clothing, religion, and agriculture.…
One of the common cultural practices of the Polynesians was that of tattooing. Tattoo is the way the Polynesians delivered information of its owner or the person with the tattoo. It’s also a traditional method to draw spiritual power, protection and strength of the person wearing it. The Polynesians use tattoos as a sign of a person’s character, their position and their level in a hierarchy. The Polynesians also believe that a person’s spiritual power is displayed through their tattoo. Most every Polynesian man was tattooed in ancient times (Introduction of Polynesian Tattoo History).…
Scared as he was of whales the next day his father came up to him after he finished eating 29 hammerhead sharks and he spoke in a deep voice, “my son, jonah in two days you will go out to sea with me and we will explore the polynesian trangle.” jonah was scared and fainted. When he woke up he went to seek the smartest guy in tonga chief einstein. He told chief einstein about his fear of whales…
I wrote this paper summer of 2009 for an english research essay. To me, it served much as a personal analysis of my background. Take a look if you will:…
Oceania, or the Pacific region, was explored and colonized approximately 1000 years ago by Austronesian-speaking peoples. It is important to note that the Pacific Islands lend themselves to a study of the contrasts between tribes and states and the development of political scale cultures such as chiefdoms.…
Act of War - The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation is a documentary film that depicts Hawaii's history through the eyes of the Hawaiian people. Before I watched this film, I did not know how the Hawaiian Islands became part of the United States. I was surprised that Hawaiian annexation was an unfriendly takeover by the United States. This documentary was new to me, so it caught my attention right from the start. That’s why I choose this video for third reaction paper.…
In the presentation/article “Hawaiian Archaeology: Past, Present and Future”, by Patrick Kirch published in Hawaiian Archaeology, outlines what he see’s as the problems in Hawaiian Archaeology. His presentation detailed the past and the roles of the Bishop Museum and UH Manoa. He talks about the present situation (in 1997), with private consultants, the State Historic Preservation Division and the H-3 Highway project and Bishop Museums role. Kirch goes on to discuss the future of Archaeology and the importance of getting the involvement of the indigenous community.…
The Pacific Region is a good place to make a living. There are many economic activities including hydroelectric power, forestry, shipping, fishing, and mining. For entertainment, you could go to the Pacific Ocean or look at all the castle like buildings. It has many diverse cultures to widen your knowledge on the world. These are only some of the reasons why the Pacific Region is a good place to make a…
The Hawaiian shirt is commonly known as Aloha shirt. It is a style of dress shirt that originated in Hawaii. Hawaiian shirt is a historic dress that is currently the premier textile export of the Hawaii manufacturing industry. The dress shirts are characterized by printings and they are mostly short-sleeved, and collared. The Hawaiian shirts became very popular in the 1950s when for instance Elvis began doing many films in Hawaii. It thus became the 50th dress shirt since one could easily see someone wearing similar fashion everyday but as they could always come in handy for a beach vacation or a Hawaiian themed party. The earlier shirt was marked with features of many bright colors which only started becoming popular after WWII. Furthermore,…
Tropical rainforests are special geographical landscape around the world, which are covered with various species of plants and animals. The tropical rainforests are wet and hot. Mean monthly temperatures exceed 18 °C (64 °F) during all months of the year and average annual rainfall is no less than 168 cm. (Woodward, 1997)It is obvious very difficult and unsuitable for human to live in, although there are many advantageous conditions for the growth of plants and some animals. Here in Papua New Guinea live 7.5 million people, and the human presence on the island dates back at least 40,000 years.…
I hope you are getting over the flu you had last Friday. I’ve had it before and I felt absolutely terrible. I know it has been going around campus, and I see you were one of the unlucky ones to get it. Hopefully, you will get better soon, but please don’t come to class until you are well, because I don’t want to get sick! Anyways, in class Friday we discussed a passage titled, The Culture of Thin Bites Fiji, written by Ellen Goodman. This writing argues that the skinny culture of the United States is responsible for damaging the Fijian teens.…
DREKETI HIGH SCHOOL Aspiration into Action FORM 403 – MASTER MARK SHEET – TERM TWO END EXAMINATION – 2013 NAME Eng M Pst Maths M Pst S/Sc M Pst B/Sc M Pst C/Std M Pst Ag/Sc M Pst Fijian M Pst H.Eco M Pst B. Tec M Pst Total Pstn P/F 1 Adi Maca Vakasigaleka 14 17TH 53 5th 13 15th 43 13th 16 21st 20 9th 15 9th 174 18th F 2 Alacia Tokivata 20 12TH 55 4th 14 13th 55 5th 39 10th 43 5th 21 5th 247 10th F 3 Amelia Rarawa `11 19TH 35 24th 8 21st 42 16th 28 15th 32 9th 11 11th 167 21st F 4 Laisana Bilosiliva 15 16TH 57 3rd 14 13th 41 17th 24 16th 42 6th 17 8th 210 12th F 5 Lusiana Talatoka 29 6TH 51 8th 20 7th 50 8th 40 9th 52 3rd 31 2nd 273 7th F 6 Merelita Dutaboto 31 5TH 40 15th 33 4th 44 12th 41 7th 49 4th 28 3rd 266 8th F 7 Ronika Deo 17 13TH 42 13th 13 15th 46 10th 31 13th 29 8th 18 6th 196 14th F 8 Sereima Wailili 47 2ND 52 6th 16 10th 50 8th 56 4th 34 8th 26 4th 281…