Hannah Renay Doyle
Mrs. Hodgenson
English II-4
May 1, 2012
Aloha Hawaii Hawaii is known for its beautiful beaches, its nice year-round weather, and its culture. Thousand of vacationers come to Hawaii each year to get away from the stressful city and relax. People can go to the beaches, take tours and many other things. The Hawaii is ranks 47th in size among the 50 states (Hawaii – location, size, and extent). Long time ago people from Hawaii think that Pele and Ailaau made the islands. When Pele got to the high mountain she used her magic stick to make the crater. Then this guy Ailaau wanted to live on the state too. One day they both wanted to be the ruler of that state. They started fighting and throwing fireballs at each other and that’s how they made the islands (The Birth Hawaii). In the early religion of Hawaii the indigenous culture spread amount the islands. Hawaiian scholar Mary Kawena Pukui, who was raised in Ka’u, Hawaii maintained that the early Hawaiian gods were benign. Author and researcher Pali Jae Lee writes “During these ancient times, the only religion was one of family oneness with all things. The people were in tune with nature, plants, trees, animals, the ‘aina, and each other. They respected all things and took care of all things, all was pano.” They also think that it’s a wonderful thing to have a spirits of the dead and the angels. They had four primary gods each god had their own animal, foods, offerings and prayer (Hawaii religion and Living in Ancient Hawaii) In Hawaii long time ago fiery basalt rock erupted through a crack in the floor of the Pacific Ocean. The largest ocean, the Pacific, it separated the United States and Hawaii but it does not fall within the of North American. The 50th last state in the union is very unusual one. That state lies almost in the tropics (Hawaii). The Hawaiian nickname is the Aloha States it’s the word of love that means good bye also. The other nickname is the Paradise of the Pacific. Mark Twain says its “loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean.” There was an island legend thought that Hawaii Loa, he was a man, who discovered the paradise (Hawaii). The climate of Hawaii is the famous weather all over the world. They are located in the tropical zone, but the cooling ocean currents keep the weather moderate. Even though Hurricane Iwa caused damage in 1982. The mild weather is matched by dependable patterns of the rainfall and sunshine. The northeastern slopes climate is the rainforest. There, mountain heights and the deep valleys get more rainfalls (Hawaii). The most use language of Hawaii is English. Some of the ancestral languages are spoken still today on the islands. The vowels and consonants are sometimes pronounced like u. Every vowel you see you pronounced separately. If you are there and you ask for directions for a place like say your going to Makai they will say “toward the sea”, or Mauka, “toward the mountains.” Every city, towns, and some of the streets bear Hawaiian names (Hawaii).
Largest economy is based on sugar and pineapples. This state produces less than 3 million tons of sugarcane for sugar annually the value of the crop is a lot more cane sugar any other states, except for Florida. The United States get raw sugar sent over for mainland for refining, most of it to California (Hawaii).
Education of Hawaii got set up with American missionaries in the early 19th century. Government of Hawaii took over the school system in the 1840s. The university excels subjects are marine science, astronomy, and tropical and cultural studies. The main campuses is at Honolulu, there are four-year branch campus at Hilo and west Oahu, just as seven affiliated two-year colleges throughout states (Hawaii).
Hawaiian’s statehood renewed their plea for their statehood after the war. On March 12, 1959, Congress finally admitted that Hawaii is the 50th state. After attaining the statehood the economic development was rapid, particularly in the industrial diversification and tourism. In the late 1960s, effort to keep pace with tourist, Hawaii Visitors Bureau did special planning committees to a maintain balance between construction, personnel needs, transportation, and recreation. Hawaii was the first state to the institute the office of ombudsman to handle against the government (Hawaii).
Every Year in summer tourists go and see the hula dancers at Hawaii. If you’re a tourist and you want to go see the dancers it’s better to go see Kodak Hula Show in Kapiolani Park, Waikiki. Before tourists came to watch the hula dancers it was a religious dance. The other stuff that tourist go watch is surfboarding. They say surf riding with on outrigger canoe is also enjoyed to watch. There is skin diving, windsurfing, running, spear, fishing and some spectator sports are fun to watch too (Hawaii).
The landscape of Hawaii is perpetual flower show. Hibiscus bloom everywhere in Hawaii. There is more than 1,700 species of trees, plants, and flowers some are only found in this state. There are wild animals found on six of the islands- Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, and Lanai. The kinds of animals on these islands are deer, wild hogs, and wild pigs. The only reptiles you see are skinks and geckos, called lizards and toads, there are no snakes (except for one very small species) are found on the islands (Hawaii).
The second myth I have is about Maui. Maui is about him being a disobeying his parents and playing tricks on his brothers. Finally one day Maui’s mother, Hina, got mad and cut her hair off and wrapped him in it. Then she set him adrift in the ocean. Maui drifted to the scared lands where the gods lived at. He learns they way the gods did. He came back home and find him with a little brother named Manai-a-Kalani. He and his brother went fishing. Maui really want to catch the big fish name Piomoe. Maui dropped the hook and caught the fish he was struggling with the fish his brother turned around the line snapped. The Piomoe died and he turned into solid land. That’s how Maui brought land to the bottom of the sea and that’s the reason why islands were never united. Maui pulled the fish hook out from the land and threw it up to the sky. It’s known as Maui’s fish hook. It stills hangs there today, known to some as Scorpio (Maui).
I really had fun doing my research paper over Hawaii. It was very interesting to do it over them. I learn a lot about their culture. My favorite thing was learning about them dancing. I think it would be fun to go there and learn more about them. I think everyone should go there one day. The other thing I learned about they don’t have snakes but only a little species. That’s a place for me I hate snakes. I think it be a great place to go when you need a break from everything.

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