How Hawaii Became A State

How Hawaii Became a State

I have chosen to write my expository essay on how Hawaii became a state. I will list some of the history because that is very important in this story. The data that I will share is also important in learning how this happened. Hawaii attained statehood when Congress introduced the Hawaii Admission Act so that everyone could vote to make it an official state.

Hawaii is a very beautiful state, there are rainforests, volcano’s, they have amazing views and are right on the ocean. Hawaii has many amazing mountains and is home to one of the world’s most active volcano. Hawaii is also home to some of the most fertile land and is a great resource for growing things such as produce or raising cattle. People often describe the state as a tropical paradise and although I have never been there I would have to agree with them, the beautiful waterfalls in the tall mountains and gorgeous sandy beaches with huge waves are enough to make almost anyone want to visit.

All of these reasons play a very important role in how America attained this tropical paradise. Everyone wanted a piece, if not all, of this land and it took a very long time for America to finally be able to call this state its own.

In 1778 Captain James Cook ‘discovered’ this land; this is when it all began. At this time in the world everyone was fighting for pieces of land and these islands were of extreme interest to everyone because they were in such a great location and are so fruitful. “The tug of war which would ensue between three of the major colonizing countries of Europe provided a major catalyst towards the island empire becoming a state of the union” (Carver, n.d.)

When the islands were first found they were run by a monarchy and once the news of the islands being discovered and of the rich resources it held spread, all of the “major world powers were interested, sending envoys and missionaries to the monarchy which controlled the islands” (Carver, n.d.). An interesting fact is that Hawaii was the only state in the union to have had a monarchy.

 People kept sending more and more missionaries so that they could help make the people of the islands ‘civil’ and finally a few different countries made moves to control the monarchy; they did this by finally recognizing the kingdom of Hawaii in international circles.

There were many threats and soon the King of the time, King Kamahama the third, tried to get rid of all interference from a few of the countries.

Eventually in 1887, the U.S. was granted permission to place a military base on the island of Oahu. You can imagine the hostility this must have gained towards the U.S. because it was in such a good location that everyone wanted and America was the only one granted permission.

In 1893, the monarchy was overthrown by the U.S. and even though the current queen of the time, Queen Liliuokalani, tried to reinstate the monarchy she failed. After this happened Hawaii became a republic and was promised protection from the United States. In 1898 Hawaii became part of U.S. territory.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 it would be 18 years later that Congress would introduce the Hawaii Admission Act which would be approved by the senate and the president and would go on to be voted on by the residents of Hawaii so in August of 1959, Hawaii would become the 50’th state in the United States Of America.

 

References

1.      Britannica Online. (n.d.). Establishment of U.S. dominance. In Hawaii. Retrieved
     from http://original.search.eb.com/eb/article-79296

2.      Carver, N. (n.d.). How Hawaii Became A State. Retrieved from      
     http://www.helium.com/items/1189313-events-leading-to-the-statehood-of-hawaii

Movie Analysis - Juno

Movie Analysis Rough Draft

Juno is about a young girl who finds herself pregnant at sixteen. The movie is quite unlike others that talk about teen pregnancy because Juno ends up giving her baby up for adoption. Her decision doesn't come lightly though, after Juno first finds out about the baby she decides right away to 'nip it in the bud' and terminate the pregnancy. The baby’s father, Paulie, agrees with her and so Juno goes to the abortion clinic where she finds one of her friends from school outside protesting. That does not stop Juno and she still goes in, it is not until she is sitting down filling out the paperwork which is required that she stops to look at this place. All of the noises around and the fact that the building ‘smelled like a dentist' and the dingy look of the building make her leave the abortion clinic. This is another 'beginning' to the movie because she decides to give her baby away, and this is the center of the whole movie, in a way this is what builds up to most of the elements of communication which I would like to speak about. I would now like to take a look at the two communication elements that I have chosen for this project, nonverbal communication, and relationships.

 The first communication element which I am going to discuss is in the nonverbal communication category. One scene, that is actually a couple of them over a span of a few seconds, shows the lady, Vanessa, that will be adopting Juno's baby, placing flowers in a nice position and laying magazines out. This is part of the artifactual nonverbal communication. She straightens out a lot of things in her house to make it look 'perfect'. She is doing this to give Juno a great first impression of her and Mark, her husband. She has been trying for a baby for so long she probably wanted to make sure nothing goes wrong and by making her house look 'perfect' she might feel that she has some kind of control of the situation. I know I often do this when I have people coming over to my house, even if it is just my friends, because I wouldn't want them to see my house so messy.

 Another nonverbal communication scene I would like to discuss is the one where Juno tells Paulie that she is pregnant. The look on his face basically says it all. He looks scared and shocked; he also looks like he wants to run away with the others runners that just ran by his house. This is something that no teenage boy wants to go through and he is too stunned to say anything for a minute. This is a great example of facial nonverbal communication. Paulie is saying all of these things through his facial expression he has after he is told he is going to be a father.

 I use facial expressions a lot, for instance, I can just be standing and thinking about a memory that made me upset and I'll get a frown on my face or if I think of something happy I'll get a smile of my face. I have caught myself doing this quite often while I'm standing at my register at work. Facial expressions can tell people how you are feeling unless you are very good at hiding your emotions.

Another communication theory I observed in Juno was the relationship rules theory. There is a certain part in this movie where Juno gets close to Mark and I believe that Mark sees their close friendship in a different way than Juno does.

Juno and Mark start to hang out while Mark’s wife is at work and they develop a friendship. Towards the end of the movie where Juno goes to visit him while he is in the basement area they somehow end up dancing. Mark breaks their friendship by crossing very specific lines that Juno did not want broken. He dances really close to her and tells her that he is leaving his wife, Vanessa. Juno freaks out and says that’s not how it was supposed to happen and they end up in a big argument that eventually leads to the end of their friendship because Mark wanted them to be more, at least that is how I saw it, and Juno had not been thinking that way.

I think that this rule is broken a lot when people like each other because they read too much into what the other person does and starts assuming that the other person likes them the same way as they like that person.

The last scene I have chosen is at the end of the movie after Juno gives Vanessa her baby. Juno and Paulie are together finally and are singing. They are showing some of the signs of the romantic rules. They are expressing similar interests by playing the same song and singing different parts of the same song. I also believe they enhance each other’s self worth and self esteem, because of what they both had to go through. They will be there for each other and bring each other up when they are down.

I personally use these relationship rules in my own relationship and believe if you don’t have these things your relationship would not work.

So in conclusion I think this movie shows a lot about nonverbal communication and relationships, you can see this from the beginning of the movie until the end. A lot of people don’t see this movie as anything great but I think the writer of this story did an excellent job of showing all the different ways of communicating. I think from this movie you can learn to watch your nonverbal communication because if you don’t it could lead to serious consequences, and that you should really watch how you act around friends and ‘lovers’. I have seen many times where my friend’s think someone is into them but it turns out they weren’t, my friends had read too much into the nonverbal communication and therefore embarrassed themselves because of it. I have seen the relationship rules many times, most of my friends are getting married and having children now so they are gaining more and more similar interests and are now having to learn how to better be the other persons better half.

The Reason

So my reason for creating this blog is to have a place to post the papers from school that I feel I have done a great job on! I hope to also help other people who might need the information from my papers but want to add they are 100% written by me and therefore ask that you do not steal my work.