Tahiti

than 8.9 million people visited Hawaii in the year of 2016, making Honolulu one of their main stops. The city remains one of the most popular travel spots. The first settlers to arrive were from Marquesas, between 500 and 750. In 1000, Tahiti arrived. Tahiti may have enslaved the Marquesas, forcing them to build temples and work in the fields. The first known Westerner to sight the island of Oahu on the 18th of January in 1778 was Captain James Cook (“Honolulu”). Cook arrived with his…

The moai statues lie on an island in Chile, commonly known as Easter island or Rapu Nui to its earlier people. The island is 64 square miles, and located 2,500 miles from Tahiti and 2.300 miles from Chile. Each statue ranges from 12 to 14 feet tall, and weighs approximately a ton. Although no written history lies on the land, historians believe the statues represented important people such as ancestors, chiefs or worshipped deity’s. The people of the island were sea farers who most likely…

Colonialism in The Native Problem In Robert Sheckley’s The Native Problem, Darko Suvin’s definition of cognition and estrangement can be used to explore contemporary ideologies about colonialism. Sheckley examines the effects of colonialism projected into a futuristic setting and aspects of colonialism are both changed and unchanged in different ways. In the story, colonialism is both successfully and unsuccessfully reimagined in ways that allow readers to reflect on contemporary ideas about…

‘Ephemeral… fugitive… contingent’: these words written by Charles Baudelaire in 1863 express the very nature of metropolitan life in the late nineteenth century. Urban renewal across Europe had given way to a new, fast-paced way of life, and nowhere was this more evident than in Paris: the then cultural centre of the western world. Crowds of people would converge upon Haussmann’s wide boulevards, swiftly navigating through the city to see and be seen by their fellow Parisians. Painting en plein…

1. One of the physical feature that distinguishes a male from a female is the neck. Females have longer and slender necks and is a feminine feature. Another physical feature that distinguishes a male from a female is small feet. Females tend to have small feet, to a woman having small feet means having a super feminine foot and this gave her a higher status. In Western cultures for example females wearing high heels makes them more vulnerable increases the protective instincts of males. 2.…

I have participated in several programs at my school. First of all, I’ve played on my school’s volleyball team for two years.This year, the coaches chose me to be the team captain as well. Consequently, the athletic department at my school chose me to be part of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) the past two years. Moreover, I’ve been a part of my high school’s “Back-a-Dos” theater program, participating in two productions. Along with that, I costume managed a production last year…

apprentice. He saw Cook at both his best and worst on Cook's final voyage. Bligh believed he what and what not to do depending on the situation. Bligh's hauteur caused him to make ill founded decisions about his crew for the Bounty's voyage to Tahiti. Deciding not to bring any marines, bound by oath to obey him grew to be one of Bligh's most daunting mistakes. Without the marines to back him, Bligh constantly battled to remain in control of his seamen. Also, Bligh brought the least amount…

beliefs, they have a similar story of a god in an egg which creates the world and universe within. These beliefs have been transferred through generations of hymns, chants, and written records. Similar cosmogonic traditions are almost parallel in China, Tahiti, India, Africa, Finland, Greece,. According to Sir Isaac Newton, “God is able to create Particles of Matter of several Sizes and Figures, and in several Proportions to Space." Newton continues with logic of different densities and forces…

The word tattoo has two distinct definitions that hold no relation to each other. The meanings originated from different parts of the world and were introduced to the English language at different times. The only thing tying them together was the fact that they were homophones until the spelling of the second meaning was changed making tattoo a homonym. The word “tattoo” that means a rapid, rhythmic tapping originated from the Dutch word “taptoe” meaning, “close the tap of the cask.” A more…

Captain James Cook was the first navigator that tried to explore the whole Polynesia Triangle. In 1771, when James Cook returned to Tahiti from his first Voyage, he introduced the word “tattoo”. Tattoo he explained was a way the Polynesians delivered information of its owner. It’s also a traditional method to draw spiritual power, protection and strength. The Polynesians use tattoos as a sign of one’s character, their position and the levels in a hierarchy. They also believe that a person’s…