2 January, 2007
Class was early in the morning again, and though no one wanted to be awake at that hour, we fought through and persevered. The lecture today was quite interesting, as it dealt with the first white man to see the Hawaiian islands, and also the first white man to pass on a deadly disease to the Hawaiian islands; quite a feat indeed.
After the lecture we proceeded to stumble down the street in true American fashion, gawking at the tourists and inquiring whether they traded in their currency for Sand Dollars, which obviously is the currency they use on the islands. After eating in the rotund food court, we returned to embark on an Epic Journey to the very depths of human depravity, or as some called it, the Northern side of the island.
The first stop was the Dole Plantation, an obvious lingering reminder of American captialism at it's finest. Pineapples stretch far as the eye could see, and tourists were busy buying these odd plants as if they were about to go out of style. I knew that if the pineapple industry had lasted as long as it did, then obviously the industry had a backup plan in case some freakish blight that only affected pineapples came and damaged the crop for that year. There was a maze, but the idea of paying to get lost in one was not inviting, at least not at the moment. What was interesting was the large fish like creatures that the kept inprisoned in a pool, fighting over the strange scraps that the gawking people threw at them. Naturally I could see the oppresion working here, but I was not about to try and bring the system down, so I threw some of the strange pellets and moved on. Once we left here, we moved North again, or at least I think it was North, the Great Van of Destiny didn't have a compass. Our destination was the Mecca of surfing: North Shore.
The traffic was incredible, but then again, since the road was only two lanes, it was expected. We eventually arrived at a place called Sunset beach, where we witnessed waves that would make a rabid dog wet itself. After marveling over these churning waters, those who wanted to watch remained, while others traveled to a nature park called Waimea Falls.
The park was something straight out of a Micheal Chricton novel, with towering rain forest like trees and plants that could devour a man at a moments notice. Deep in the depths of this rain forest, we discovered the waterfall, which was much as the name implied, a waterfall. After many pictures and swatting large mosquitos, we moved on and gathered the others in a large fishing net. Once we were all back together, we were going to go and eat at a seafood restuarant on the beach, but the seas were rough and the catch was lousy so we skipped the meal and went back to the hotel.
Prompt Answers:
Prompt 7
1. James Cook was a Captain of the Royal navy who mapped out nearly the entire Pacific region, and did so accurately. Through his three voyages, he disproved the myth about a great southern continent, and the possibility of a north-west passage.
2. Cook was the first European that discovered the Hawaiian Islands. It was on these islands that Cook would meet his demise.
3. Gary was a native that they found at the Cook monument. When they found him, they thought that he was defiling it with graffiti. Gary was really cleaning the graffiti off. Both Gary and the New England clergymen felt that Cook’s men spread syphilis and objectified the women. Horowitz’s point in telling the story was to show both sides of the Cook mythos and his impact on the island culture.
4. Sahlin’s main point of argument was that the Hawaiians actually did think that Cook was a god, and Cook played along. Obeyesekere’s main point of argument was that the natives were far too smart to think that a white foriegned tongue man could be a Polynesian god, and the historical thoughts of this are only an after effect due to western Imperialism.
5. Horowitz describes the final events of February 14, 1779 as they happened, using the journals and memoirs of those who survived. He also spots several ironies, those being that Cook often warned his men to not use violence against the natives even though he went out with ten marines to retrieve a small boat, Cook was a Quaker yet he died with a musket in his hands, he was killed with an iron spike that he had commissioned the locals to make, and the fact that he was killed on an island not known for their war-like tendencies.
Prompt 8
1. The sugar industry began around 1852.
2. Sugar and Pineapple led to increased immigration because labor was needed to work on the plantations.
3. Workers who came to Hawaii were from China, Japan, Portugal, Puerto Rico, and Korea. Workers lived in horrible conditions and worked for 12 hours or more a day.
4. Sanford Dole’s father was a missionary.
5. Sanford Dole advocated the political ideas of democracy and not the monarchial system that Hawaii had.
6. The Bayonet Constitution was a document that stripped the king of his power, limited the power of the locals and gave more control to whites.
7. Lorrin Thurston was a lawyer who helped convert Hawaii from a monarchy to a democratic territory of the USA.
8. The Committee of Safety was a group of business men who overthrew Lili’uokalani in 1893.
9. Sanford Dole became President of the Republic of Hawaii in 1894.
10. Hawaii was annexed in 1898 by President McKinley.
11. Sanford Dole was the governor of the Territory after it was annexed.
12. James Dole was Sanford Dole’s cousin.
13. James Dole bought the island of Lana’i and converted it into a pineapple plantation.
14. The relationship between the missions, business, and the Americanization of Hawaii was a strange one. Where the missions wanted the Hawaiians to have equal treatment, the businesses could care less about the locals as long as the labor produced their goods.
Class was early in the morning again, and though no one wanted to be awake at that hour, we fought through and persevered. The lecture today was quite interesting, as it dealt with the first white man to see the Hawaiian islands, and also the first white man to pass on a deadly disease to the Hawaiian islands; quite a feat indeed.
After the lecture we proceeded to stumble down the street in true American fashion, gawking at the tourists and inquiring whether they traded in their currency for Sand Dollars, which obviously is the currency they use on the islands. After eating in the rotund food court, we returned to embark on an Epic Journey to the very depths of human depravity, or as some called it, the Northern side of the island.
The first stop was the Dole Plantation, an obvious lingering reminder of American captialism at it's finest. Pineapples stretch far as the eye could see, and tourists were busy buying these odd plants as if they were about to go out of style. I knew that if the pineapple industry had lasted as long as it did, then obviously the industry had a backup plan in case some freakish blight that only affected pineapples came and damaged the crop for that year. There was a maze, but the idea of paying to get lost in one was not inviting, at least not at the moment. What was interesting was the large fish like creatures that the kept inprisoned in a pool, fighting over the strange scraps that the gawking people threw at them. Naturally I could see the oppresion working here, but I was not about to try and bring the system down, so I threw some of the strange pellets and moved on. Once we left here, we moved North again, or at least I think it was North, the Great Van of Destiny didn't have a compass. Our destination was the Mecca of surfing: North Shore.
The traffic was incredible, but then again, since the road was only two lanes, it was expected. We eventually arrived at a place called Sunset beach, where we witnessed waves that would make a rabid dog wet itself. After marveling over these churning waters, those who wanted to watch remained, while others traveled to a nature park called Waimea Falls.
The park was something straight out of a Micheal Chricton novel, with towering rain forest like trees and plants that could devour a man at a moments notice. Deep in the depths of this rain forest, we discovered the waterfall, which was much as the name implied, a waterfall. After many pictures and swatting large mosquitos, we moved on and gathered the others in a large fishing net. Once we were all back together, we were going to go and eat at a seafood restuarant on the beach, but the seas were rough and the catch was lousy so we skipped the meal and went back to the hotel.
Prompt Answers:
Prompt 7
1. James Cook was a Captain of the Royal navy who mapped out nearly the entire Pacific region, and did so accurately. Through his three voyages, he disproved the myth about a great southern continent, and the possibility of a north-west passage.
2. Cook was the first European that discovered the Hawaiian Islands. It was on these islands that Cook would meet his demise.
3. Gary was a native that they found at the Cook monument. When they found him, they thought that he was defiling it with graffiti. Gary was really cleaning the graffiti off. Both Gary and the New England clergymen felt that Cook’s men spread syphilis and objectified the women. Horowitz’s point in telling the story was to show both sides of the Cook mythos and his impact on the island culture.
4. Sahlin’s main point of argument was that the Hawaiians actually did think that Cook was a god, and Cook played along. Obeyesekere’s main point of argument was that the natives were far too smart to think that a white foriegned tongue man could be a Polynesian god, and the historical thoughts of this are only an after effect due to western Imperialism.
5. Horowitz describes the final events of February 14, 1779 as they happened, using the journals and memoirs of those who survived. He also spots several ironies, those being that Cook often warned his men to not use violence against the natives even though he went out with ten marines to retrieve a small boat, Cook was a Quaker yet he died with a musket in his hands, he was killed with an iron spike that he had commissioned the locals to make, and the fact that he was killed on an island not known for their war-like tendencies.
Prompt 8
1. The sugar industry began around 1852.
2. Sugar and Pineapple led to increased immigration because labor was needed to work on the plantations.
3. Workers who came to Hawaii were from China, Japan, Portugal, Puerto Rico, and Korea. Workers lived in horrible conditions and worked for 12 hours or more a day.
4. Sanford Dole’s father was a missionary.
5. Sanford Dole advocated the political ideas of democracy and not the monarchial system that Hawaii had.
6. The Bayonet Constitution was a document that stripped the king of his power, limited the power of the locals and gave more control to whites.
7. Lorrin Thurston was a lawyer who helped convert Hawaii from a monarchy to a democratic territory of the USA.
8. The Committee of Safety was a group of business men who overthrew Lili’uokalani in 1893.
9. Sanford Dole became President of the Republic of Hawaii in 1894.
10. Hawaii was annexed in 1898 by President McKinley.
11. Sanford Dole was the governor of the Territory after it was annexed.
12. James Dole was Sanford Dole’s cousin.
13. James Dole bought the island of Lana’i and converted it into a pineapple plantation.
14. The relationship between the missions, business, and the Americanization of Hawaii was a strange one. Where the missions wanted the Hawaiians to have equal treatment, the businesses could care less about the locals as long as the labor produced their goods.
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