6/5/2019
Pacific Islands
Guam Fiji Palau
Hawaii Papua New Guinea French Polynesia
Samoa Tonga Marshall Islands
Tahiti Kiribati Okinawa
Nauru New Zealand American Samoa
Solomon Islands Vanuatu
No written history, mainly oral tradition
Early 1900’s Western Influence, American territories
Division of Pacific Islands to different countries
Pacific Theater
December 7, 1941: Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Bikini Atoll 23 Nuclear Bombs dropped/tested
Concrete Domes, holds toxic waste from the bombs
Unsanctioned weapons testing in the Pacific Islands
Pivot to the Pacific – Moving 60% of U.S foreign forces from China to the Pacific Islands
Climate change: 1.5 cm rise in sea level can cause loss of islands
Boy (2010)
- Maori main character, fan of Micheal Jackson
- Nanny leaves for funeral, Boy in charge of house, show and tell
- Detention with a floor waxer
- Graveyard, Boy’s brother drawing (Rocky)
- Kids taking care of house, no parents
- Storm is coming, mysterious car pulls up, father in car
- Father with posse, gives gifts, sparklers
- Mother died giving birth to Rocky
- Riding with dad in the countryside
- Dad drops off Alamein (Boy) with friends at store
- Gives Chardonnay a sparkler
- Rocky talking to weirdo, dad digging for treasure (money)
- Dad talking to auntie, promises to spend time with boys
- Dad does not want to be called dad anymore, Shogun
- Crazy Horses (Dad’s gang) get together
- Boy hangs out with dad and gang, rest of siblings are hungry, drunk
- Dads are always busy, conversation with Nan, drives off
- Boy digs for dad’s treasure, counts money, tries to emulate dad in chair
- Doesn’t want to be called Boy, scolded by dad for taking jacket
- Rocky stares at pictures of mother, Boy returns to take care of siblings
- Dad at wife’s grave, goat eats money
- Tries to melt doorknob in microwave
- Dad grabbing marijuana
- Rival biker gang appears, beats up dad and posse
- Leaf ran over, Boy sad, burial of Leaf
- Boy at Mom’s grave, smokes marijuana, Dad left behind, vents anger on house, Boy falls off bridge
- Rescued by the weirdo, Rocky approaches dad with sparkler and roller skates
- Boy shows money to dad, yells about dad not being there
- Boy starts cleaning the house, Nan returns, gives a sparkler to friend, visits Mom’s grave, finds dad
6/7/2019
Pacific Islanders Final Thoughts
- Climate change is a massive risk factor for the islands
- The Sepik tribe are very much stuck in tradition, no showering done on a daily basis
- Tensions in Fiji between natives and Asian Indians
- History was recorded mostly through oral traditions
- Downfall of pacific islands was caused by the division of ownership to different countries
- Three percent of the global population resides in the Pacific Islands
- Minimum wage for those in the American territories equals $4.50 an hour