RAP II
David Thompson’s “The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Waikiki’s International Market Place” tells the passionate story of the International Market Place in Waikiki, Hawaii. He reveals its beginning, decline, and current new life. In its beginning in 1957, the International Market Place consisted of open-air souvenir stands, nightclubs, and Polynesian grandiosity. Its designers, Pete Wimberly and Donn Beach, arranged the market in a village like manor with crisscross passages. Visitors experienced the captivating and lavish attraction in its entirety. Thompson describes the location when he states, “All around there were dangling vines, tikis, cascades, foot bridges crossing dark pools, and kooky surprises, like the clocks” (Thompson). He further …show more content…
For example, he states, “It offered cheeses from across Europe, bottled sweetmeats, British biscuits and uncommon delicacies such as “bottled fried grasshoppers” and “rattlesnake canned meat” (Thompson). This sentence alone allows the reader to taste and smell the environment of the marketplace as if they are truly there. Readers can visualize the grandness of the marketplace when Thompson states, “In its prime, it was lush, mysterious and enchanting, a faux-Polynesian fantasyland for the Mad Men era” (Thompson). Thompson even mentions the history of the banyan tree in the marketplace that remains there today. The history of the tree allows the readers to appreciate the marketplace’s historical significance.
Thompson enhances the essay with visuals of the original International Market Place, the banyan tree, and even a sketch of the Saks Fifth Avenue mall. After viewing the images, the reader understands how unique and monumental the marketplace was and why it continues to impact those who experienced it. Readers enjoy being able to view what the author is describing. It makes the words being read come to life.
Overall, Thompson’s essay about the International Market Place stands as an alluring story due to his use of personal interview, sensory descriptions, unique historical facts, and detailed images. Work Cited
Thompson, David. “The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Waikiki’s International Market Place.” Honolulu Magazine, Pacific Basin Communications, 3 Dec. 2013. Accessed 8 Sept.
David Thompson’s “The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Waikiki’s International Market Place” tells the passionate story of the International Market Place in Waikiki, Hawaii. He reveals its beginning, decline, and current new life. In its beginning in 1957, the International Market Place consisted of open-air souvenir stands, nightclubs, and Polynesian grandiosity. Its designers, Pete Wimberly and Donn Beach, arranged the market in a village like manor with crisscross passages. Visitors experienced the captivating and lavish attraction in its entirety. Thompson describes the location when he states, “All around there were dangling vines, tikis, cascades, foot bridges crossing dark pools, and kooky surprises, like the clocks” (Thompson). He further …show more content…
For example, he states, “It offered cheeses from across Europe, bottled sweetmeats, British biscuits and uncommon delicacies such as “bottled fried grasshoppers” and “rattlesnake canned meat” (Thompson). This sentence alone allows the reader to taste and smell the environment of the marketplace as if they are truly there. Readers can visualize the grandness of the marketplace when Thompson states, “In its prime, it was lush, mysterious and enchanting, a faux-Polynesian fantasyland for the Mad Men era” (Thompson). Thompson even mentions the history of the banyan tree in the marketplace that remains there today. The history of the tree allows the readers to appreciate the marketplace’s historical significance.
Thompson enhances the essay with visuals of the original International Market Place, the banyan tree, and even a sketch of the Saks Fifth Avenue mall. After viewing the images, the reader understands how unique and monumental the marketplace was and why it continues to impact those who experienced it. Readers enjoy being able to view what the author is describing. It makes the words being read come to life.
Overall, Thompson’s essay about the International Market Place stands as an alluring story due to his use of personal interview, sensory descriptions, unique historical facts, and detailed images. Work Cited
Thompson, David. “The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Waikiki’s International Market Place.” Honolulu Magazine, Pacific Basin Communications, 3 Dec. 2013. Accessed 8 Sept.