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Week 10 Notes

Posted by on June 7, 2019

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 

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