The next analyzed for this study is the biography that was approved by Lili’uokalani’s Hanai daughter, Lydia, and written in 1982 by Helen G. Allen, The Betrayal of Liliuokalani: Last Queen of Hawaii 1838-1917. Allen’s text builds upon the autobiography because it also utilizes diaries and other personal papers of Lili’uokalani and it expands of Lili’uokalani’s life past the end date of the autobiography. With that said, this biography must be strictly analyzed because Allen utilized sources that no other person could or can access. She also contradicts herself in regards to her sources: on page 277 of the text, Allen states that the Queen stopped writing in her diary in August of 1892 for reasons unknown and that there were no other diaries accessible for study, but on page 376, discusses how the diaries written between 1901 and 1906. This could have been an oversight of the author; perhaps she misspoke when making the first statement about the diaries, but it is something to note when reading the text.
One of the greatest strengths of the text is its addition of really …show more content…
This addition focuses on Lili’uokalani’s role as “Moi Wahne,” or for lack of correct translation, “former ruler.” With the part of her life, Lili’uokalani turned her focus to bettering the lives of native people by traveling to the United States several times from the time of her release until 1909 to advocate for anti-annexation and proper use of crown lands. Unfortunately, her attempts for anti-annexation were in vain when the Spanish-American war occurred and Hawai’i was seen as an opportune area to recruit more soldiers and Hawai’i was annexed August 12, 1898. Although, fights for the use of crown lands were not in vain, she was able to secure the lands belonging to crown for use as she saw fit, and used the lands to help the natives of
One of the greatest strengths of the text is its addition of really …show more content…
This addition focuses on Lili’uokalani’s role as “Moi Wahne,” or for lack of correct translation, “former ruler.” With the part of her life, Lili’uokalani turned her focus to bettering the lives of native people by traveling to the United States several times from the time of her release until 1909 to advocate for anti-annexation and proper use of crown lands. Unfortunately, her attempts for anti-annexation were in vain when the Spanish-American war occurred and Hawai’i was seen as an opportune area to recruit more soldiers and Hawai’i was annexed August 12, 1898. Although, fights for the use of crown lands were not in vain, she was able to secure the lands belonging to crown for use as she saw fit, and used the lands to help the natives of