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Micah Hoffacker-Wilcox 2015 Mei 5, Poʻalua 12:52:53 PM GMT-10:00 70:56:81:a4:85:d1

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KILLER FILLER


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Table of Contents

✌Cover Art and Title of Booklet

✌Back Cover Arta

✌Table of Contents

✌Introduction to Your Gift Booklet and to your KSK-HS English Portfolio

✌Collage of Annotations from Major Readings in S.Y. 2014-15

✌Killer Filler for Each Section in Your Booklet

✌Entry Essay

✌Lāʻieikawai

✌True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

✌Prison Writings: My Life as My Sun Dance

✌Gilgamesh

✌Book of Stones

✌Potiki (excerpt)

✌Introduction to Concrete Poem

✌Concrete Poem

✌Introduction to Original Poem

✌Original Poem

✌Outro!

✌Bibliography of All Work

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! ! ! ! ! ! ! Gift Booklet

This is an Intro to who ever is receiving this book. Well first off this book is mainly everything I did in my sophmore year of High School at Kamehameha Kapalama. I put alot of work and effort into this book. The main reason we are making this book is to show all the work we have done over this year.

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Lāʻieikawai1

In this book Laieikawai by S.N. Haleole there is a lot of magic realism, from the magical chiefs to the giant mo’o. This book has a lot of examples of life , from the problems we face to the great times we have in our lives. Magic realism is very important in any book. I believe that magic realism is what keeps the readers hooked , and wanting to read more. Honestly books wouldn’t be that interesting if it wasn’t for magic realism. In this book there is a lot of magic realism examples , and basically this book is based off of magic realism. The magic realism in this book is very significant because it connects to our native culture , and it makes Hawaiian readers want to know more about there history.

The importance of magic realism in this book is that it highlights all of the magic, and all of the importance of this book. The magic realism is the heart and soul of all Hawaiian books. Magic realism to

me is very interesting and it keeps me hooked to the book, and makes me wonder what it was like in the old days. The magic realism makes every thing seem more magical and more amazing like your watching a movie. An example of making it seem like you are watching a movie is when the mo’onui guards Laieikawai from Aiwohikapua and eats many many of Aiwohikapuas best warriors, and then after when the Mo’onui and the man eating dog battle. I can totally imagine that scene in a movie, and I could see it being very magical like any other popular kid movie.

Magic realism played a big role in this book because if there were no magic realism then there would be no point of making a book with so much magic realism. The magic realism is important because it can shape the book , depicted the out come at the end of the book. Magic realism played a big role

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because it highlights the alii from the makainana, An example is that if Laieikawai weren’t resting on the birds when Aiwohikapua’s little sister meet her then she wouldn’t have thought of her as a high ranked alii as Laieikawai . Another example would be like the alii of the sun, a regular book that doesn’t have magic realism in it would not have no magic in it would be really boring and original. Also instead of it being a alii of the sun, and having a lot of mana it would just be a normal person or maybe some one like a cop that has mana over the law. Magic realism highlights the magical things in the book , an example would be the supernatural wave Hulianiani caught with Laieikawai. Honestly without magic this book would be really boring and not as interesting as it actually is and it wouldn’t keep readers hooked as it does now.

If there wasn’t any magic realism in this book it would really affect the out come of the book. It would affect the out come of the book because the alii would just be normal people and not have as much mana as they would normally. Without the magic realism the out come could change horrendously because at the end laieikawai wouldn’t have married a Ali’i with so much mana if there wasn’t magic realism in this book. It would affect the outcome of many things in

this book like the out come of Aiwohikapua and all of his vows he made and couldn’t keep, and how he didn’t get punished for all his wrong doings and vows he couldn’t keep. Also, it would affect the out come of Hulianiani, and all the nasty wrong doings he committed, I think that if there wasn’t magic realism he would have got caught and would have been punished for it.

In conclusion this book has a lot of magic realism and it plays a big role in the whole book. Over all the magic realism in any book is very important , its importance is an abundance to many readers. Magic realism is what makes a book a book , and is what keeps most readers hooked to it . Magic realism is one of the key elements to creating a good book. Overall this book Laieikawai is very well thought out and very detailed with magic realism. Honestly before I read Laieikawai I didn’t know how important magic realism really is and how it can really effect the book. This book has made me realize the importance of magic realism and how important is to read and understand what you're reading.

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True Diary6

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True Diary

I have learned some lessons from Sherman Alexie’s book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. In this book many things happen that are actually relevant to some of our real life situations. Alexie is a very good and inspiring author for teenagers. Many of the stories he tells in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian really happens in some people’s everyday life. This book is very deep and overall, this is a great and inspiring book, with examples of everyday life problems, and I am going to share what I learned with some examples from the book. Alexie has dramatically changed the way I view things. I realized that we take things for granted, and we don't really know the struggle of some families and what they have to do to survive. Many things happen in the world that we really don't realize; in fact we realize only things that benefit us , but we don't really see others in an everyday struggle. Alexie has made such an impact on my life.

In this book the main character is Arnold “Junior” Spirit, a small town boy who lives on an Spokane Indian reservation. Junior

goes through many things that honestly wouldn't be to easy for a regular person to deal with, but Junior has the drive, the want to be successful and that is what helps him get through the rough times. Junior is a unique character. He has a condition called cerebral spinal fluid but it didn't stop him from being an athlete. Overall, Junior has created opportunities for himself and one of the biggest changes for him is attending Reardan. During his freshman year at Reardan an all white school, Junior tried out for the basketball team. He made the varsity team as a freshman, which reveals that Junior is very capable of doing great things and making something out of his life, and this taught me that anything is possible. If a boy with cerebral spinal fluid can keep trying, and doesn't give up then it doesn't give me an excuse to give up in anything. I realized that people give up too easy , and take the easier way out, and the easier way out doesn't always have the best outcome. Overall, this part of the book helped me to picture why it is so hard not to give up, but so easy to give up, and I noticed that in the real world everything won't just go as

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planned, and it is the ones who want it the most, who won't give up, and they are the ones who are going to be successful. Junior taught me a lot more things that I would like to share.

Junior went through many family issues. The way he dealt with his grief and his pain wasn’t really the way I imagined him doing. For example, when his grandmother and his dad’s best friend Eugene died, he kind of dealt with it positively. This tragic scene helped me realize that although he may have lost someone, at least Junior had the chance to grow and to bond as friends or family. He dealt with it positively by listing the things that give him joy, and doing so really helped him. I don't think this would have helped any teenager in this century. When this part happened in the book Alexie really did help me realize as a person, that even though times are rough, we have to focus and keep it together. Also Alexie helped me realize that we have to stay strong for our family and friends in tough situations because it really does help some one who is going through a bad time, and kind of makes them feel better. Overall, I think this is such a big subject to discuss because many of us go through rough times, because not one is perfect, and life’s not perfect but that doesn't give us a reason to deal with life bitterly

because that’s just the way it is. Arnold Spirit has taught us many other life lessons.

Final thing that Arnold aka Junior taught me was that I have to make something for myself, because no one’s going to do it for me. An example of this is when Junior leaves Rowdy and goes to the all white school Reardan. This is a big opportunity for Junior because he is getting a better education, and getting off the reservation is a really big first step for Junior to have a successful life. This helped me to realize that nothing is just handed to me; I need to work hard for anything I want in the real world. This relevant to me because this is like right now how I need to work hard, and bring up my grades so I can stay at Kamehameha Schools. This helped me understand how big the opportunity I have of attending Kamehameha Schools. I can relate to Junior because I left all my friends behind just like Arnold, and I’m trying to make something out of my life, but I need to work hard to achieve what I want.

Overall, this book has been very interesting, and helped me realize that many books have life lessons that readers can relate to themselves. This book also helped me notice that many books have situations we can relate to in everyday life.

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This book has made me realize many things, and that anything is possible with hard work and a little elbow grease. Finally, this book was amazing and very inspiring and it gave me some encouragement to see how hard Junior worked and what he achieved. While this book has had some ups and downs but reading Sherman Alexie’s book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian was really an amazing and heart touching.

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Prison Writings7


Prison Writings: My Life is My Sun DanceWhat has this government come to? In your book Prison Writings I learned many things about you, and about the government. The government has had it’s wrongdoings in the past to you and your Native Americans, and its really not like a “Government” to be doing these things to their own people. In this letter I am going to share my thoughts about your whole situation, and what I think is right. I agree with you one hundred percent, and fully believe in you and your story. I can relate to you and your people, because our Native Hawaiians have gone through just about the same situation with the foreigners. As a native myself it’s my responsibility to keep my culture, and people going on and a way to do that is through language. I think we both can relate to government not doing the right thing. First off let’s start off with the government, and the heart of everything.

In your life, the government plays a big role in everything. The government is the judge of your life and determines what is going to happen to you. From the very beginning of this book the government has been treating you and your people with a lot of disrespect, and racism. I believe that the officials of our

country is here to protect, not to evoke harm or disrespect its people.There is many examples of government not doing the right thing in this book , when “The cops later said I’d pointed that pistol at them and tried to fire it, but the gun was jammed.That was a lie of course”(105). In this scene of your life the Police has

falsely accused you to something you never did, I think this is really where your false criminal record has started due to lies and secrets from the government, and its officials. This is a reason why I believe that that you are completely innocent. You have no intentions of harming anyone, and your main goal is to protect your people. I think that what you did in this scene could have turned out different if you just turned your cheek and walked away, but that is the past and we can't change it. Overall, this is the shame of our government for creating this situation, this is first time the government falsely accusing your of murder. Next let’s go to your life changing day.

On June 2, 1997 you were sentenced to two consecutive life terms in federal prison. This was the day that

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the government for the second time in a row falsely accused you of something you never did. This was a big day for you because you were fighting for your freedom,for your life. In my heart I believe that you are fully innocent, and that the government just nailed everything on you because you were the last one there. A thing that could have changed the outcome of the trial is the change of judges. Why would they have to change judges? I believe that this is the very thing that changed your life forever, changing judges. Overall I think that your whole trial was a bust and everything said and done by the government was unlawful, and illegal. This trial was a big thing for you and your family, and the government just treated it as if it was a joke. An example is revealed here “These jurors, so often laughed at and abused, are

the very safeguards of the whole American legal system”(161). Next, these are some life lessons you taught me.

Overall, this book has really been life changing, because I know everything you say is the truth and is

real. I this book you show a lot of characteristics of a “Man.” Through out this whole book and your whole situation you never once gave up; I mean, sometimes you had those bad days where you over think things, but you never gave up not once. An example of this occured when you yelled, “Get Under the bed! Stay there until we come get you! I shouted, then I made a beeline out of there to draw the gunfire away from the house” (125). I believe that this example has deeper meaning, although you was obviously out gunned you never just run away and leave your people, you stuck by their side. To me this shows characteristics of being a “Man,” because it take a coward to run and leave his people, only a real man would have the guts to fight back for his people. Overall, what I am trying to say is that you helped me realize what I want when I get older and that is to be a “MAN.” Next I would like to close this by giving thanks to you.

Overall this book has been very good, and life changing. I realized many things, but one thing I will always remember is that cherish every moment with family and friends.

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The reason I chose this is because we never really know when everything can change, and when our freedom or time will run out. I would like to thank you for sharing your story and your life with me. I really enjoyed it and got to take a lot of life lessons from your story.

Sincerly, Micah Wilcox

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Gilgamesh


Gilgamesh; The Journey of Love, Grief, and Peace

In this chapter, I learned that Gilgamesh is not a good king to the people of Uruk. I also feel that he is giving up in his people, and that’s what makes him a bad leader. I feel like what the prostitute did to Enkidu is wrong, and she didn't realize how empty he felt. At first, I thought that Enkidu and Gilgamesh were going to fight before the fight even happened. It’s funny how you can become friends with someone you just fought with. I believe that Gilgamesh and Enkidu represents each other’s emptiness, and when they became friends the emptiness vanished.

In this book , I can relate a scene to Prison Writings, when the Indians were killing Indians for money; it’s like how Enkidu and Gilgamesh fought. They were alike and the found themselves in each other. I think that Enkidu is the one from Gilgamesh's dream. I believe that the axe can show some what a manly figure. I honestly think that this story can be somewhat confusing. I can relate this to my life because during football season I had

this guy who didn't like me, because I took his spot, after taking it onto the field and hitting each other real hard we realized that were somewhat alike and why were we fighting any way. We was on the same team. After that during the season we became friends, and this relates to Enkidu and Gilgamesh little scramble for respect. I believe when they fought Enkidu gained his respect.

Well in this part when they fight Hambaba, I feel like Enkidu and Gilgamesh bonded and became closer over this journey. I didn’t realize how they could become good friends in such a short amount of time. Overall, I thought that Gilgamesh and Enkidu were going to get defeated from “The Deathly One,” but Gilgamesh and Enkidu ended this fight pretty quickly. I think that the purpose of this whole journey was to help them bond, and when it’s life or death and someone saves you, I would think you become close.

In this I realized some life lessons, you have to keep your mind on the top and where you want to be. Don't let

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someone in your way stop you from succeeding or getting what you want. This relates to the part where Humbaba offers Gilgamesh the grant that he will serve while he was facing death. At first I didn't think that Gilgamesh was gonna kill him, and neither did Enkidu. At the end of the book, states that Enkidu and Gilgamesh was successful and killed Humbaba, and this is evidence that the dreams and visions was correct, but who took over Enkidu’s body when he said, “That you will be victorious against Humbaba, Enkidu said or someone said through him” who was this person or thing speaking threw Enkidu’s voice? I believe that it was Shamash, because, before the journey Ninsun prayed to Shamash for Gilgamesh and Enkidu to be safe.During this scene Ninsun prays for Enkidu and says that she adopts him like her own. It think this made Enkidu feel loved, and like he has a family.

Overall, however I don't think the book is that confusing; I can see the plot, and the role of the main characters. I believe that this book has many life lessons, and contains many things that readers can learn.

Finally, I feel like this chapter really brought Enkidu and Gilgamesh together, and made them feel somewhat like real brothers. After this journey Enkidu protects his friend from getting killed from the Bull of Heaven. Enkidu risked his life for Gilgamesh because he was his best friend. They needed each other, like brothers do. At the end of this scene Enkidu kills the Bull of Heaven, this caused consequence from the gods. The consequence is for one of them to be killed but, Gilgamesh can’t die because Gilgamesh is two thirds god so Enkidu dies. Enkidu’s last words were really deep and meaningful and stayed in Gilgamesh's mind for a long time. Gigamesh then felt so lost without Enkidu, and he felt as if he failed him. Gilgamesh mourns the loss of Enkidu for a long time but, at the end of the book he finally realizes that when someone passes away we can’t do anything to bring them back.

Through out this story I knew it was going to be sad, but the grief of Gilgamesh taught me a lot. I learned that we can just sit around mourning, overwhelmed by saddness but the person we’re doing this over wouldn't want us to do that at all. Also I

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realized that you never know what can happen. Your enemies can one day become your best and closest friend’s and thats why we have to give everyone a chance. At first, I thought that Gilgamesh and Enkidu were going to be enemies but the fight they had brought them closer; they really became closer when they went to slay Humbaba. I can relate this to football how fighting for your spot gets physical, but when you're challenging someone else all the people who envied each other come together as one team and I think it’s pretty ironic. This book helped me see how grateful I should be for having everything I have, and my family. I realized how precious life can be and how we should live everyday like its our last.This book taught me many life lessons. I learned about life, grief, pain, lost, relationships, and many more things.

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Book of Stones9


Book of Stones Intro Over all the Book of Stones has been a really great book. It helped me realize that anything is possible and to strive for greatness. This book has been very inspiring, and Mr. Puleloa has done a very good job. I think that he should publish this book for every Hawaiian to read.

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Potiki

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PotikiIn Potiki I realized how us Hawaiians can connect to other cultures and stories. In this book the family went through some really tough times, but no matter what they always stuck together. In this story the

government takes away land from the natives to me this is like exactly what the United States Government did to us.

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Intro to Concrete PoemMy concrete poem is about our Hawaiian culture. On my poem with words I created a Kalo. The Kalo is in many Hawaiian tales, and is said to be the Kumulipo of the Kalo. The Kalo was very important to Hawaiian people because it was one of the main sources of food. I chose to create my concrete poem on Kalo, because there is a very deeper meaning then it just being a plant. In my poem I chose to make this because it’s like a root to our culture. On my poem there is Roots and Culture on the Kalo(corm), because this is like our way to grow as a Hawaiian community. I used words for the hā(leaf stalk), such as Connection, Hawaiian, and Heart of our Nation because this is like the connection to our Aina to our People. On my Lau (leaf) I used Keiki and Culture because the Hā connects it to the Kalo, which is like us connecting to our ancestors and to our culture. For my background I chose to use the Hawaiian flag because it is like a Symbol of our culture that is known to many.

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Concrete Poem


Killer Filler☝𐀌𐀧𐀻𐀾𐁎𐁏𐁞𐁟𐁠𐁡𐁢𐁣𐁤𐁥𐁦𐁧𐁨𐁩𐁪𐁫𐁬𐁭𐁮𐁯𐁰𐁱𐁲𐁳𐁴𐁵𐁶𐁷𐁸𐁹𐁺𐁻𐁼𐁽𐁾𐁿𐃻𐃼𐃽𐃾𐃿𐄃𐄄𐄅𐄆𐄴𐄵𐄶𐆋𐆌𐆍𐆎𐆏𐆜𐆝𐆞𐆟𐆠𐆡𐆢𐆣𐆤𐆥𐆦𐆧𐆨𐆩𐆪𐆫𐆬𐆭𐆮𐆯𐆰𐆱𐆲𐆳𐆴𐆵𐆶𐆷𐆸𐆹𐆺𐆻𐆼𐆽𐆾𐆿𐇀𐇁𐇂𐇃𐇄𐇅𐇆𐇇𐇈𐇉𐇊𐇋𐇌𐇍𐇎𐇏𐇾𐇿𐈀𐈁𐈂𐈃𐈄𐈅𐈆𐈇𐈈𐈉𐈊𐈋𐈌𐈍𐈎𐈏𐈐

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Intro to Your Roots is Your Culture

In this poem, I wrote about culture and how it is linked to your ancestors. I think that our ancestor is a big part of our lives, and our culture. On the phrase it says “Youare a part of a root, A root that can bring you respect, Or one that can make you dishonorable, Your roots is your blood line” to me this means that like your ancestors shape who you are, and its your job to either inherit or to push this bloodline aside. I use an object such as the Hawaiian flag because it’s like a way to express your feelings and your “Root”. This poem was the base of my concrete poem. This is the opening to the bigger picture, which is Culture.

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Your Roots is Your Culture

Ever since the day you was born

You where apart of a root

A root that can bring you respect

Or one that can make you dishonorable

Your roots is your blood line

The only thing that will be with you your whole life

Something that ties you into a culture and gives you pride

Always and will be flying high solo in the sky

A Hawaiian flag is the way we ride

Always keep the culture tight like the roots up high

No one will be apart of the culture

If they don’t have the native roots

you don't get to choose your roots

So cherish your culture and inherit

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BibliographyAlexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2007. Print.

Gilgamesh. Trans. Herbert Mason. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970. Print.

Grace, Patricia. Potiki. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 1986. Print.

Haleole, S.N. Lāʻieikawai. Honolulu: Kalamakū Press, 2006. Print.

Hoffacker-Wilcox, Micah. “Magic Realism in Lāʻieikawai.” N.p. 2015.

______________________. “Gilgamesh; The Journey of Love, Grief, and Peace.” N.P

______________________. “Finding Meaning in Sherman Alexie’s Novel.” N.p. 2015. ______________________. “Killer Filler #1.” N.p. 2015.

______________________. “Killer Filler #2.” N.p.2015.

______________________. “Killer Filler #3.” N.p. 2015.

______________________. “Letter to Leonard Peltier.” N.p. 2015.

______________________. “Michael Puleloa’s ‘Book of Stones.” N.p. 2015.

______________________. “Annotation Collage.” N.p. 2015.

______________________. “Your Roots Is Your Culture.” N.p. 2015.

______________________. “Original Cover Art.” N.p. 2015.

______________________. “Your Roots Is Your Culture.” N.p. 2015.

Peltier, Leonard. Prison Writings, My Life Is My Sundance. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2000. Print.

Puleloa, Michael. “Book of Stones.” N.p. 2015.

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