Overview:
When we read the daily newspaper or watch advertisement,
the word aloha gets FREQUENTLY used, almost
to the point of exhaustion,we recognize that aloha
is an often repeated term, an advertising jingle. Nonetheless,
just like the word "hero," the word "aloha"
has been stretched to include a variety of meanings—perhaps
even aloha has some flavor of 'heroism' contained within
it. If you read Eric Chock's "Poem for George Helm
Aloha Week 1980," you recognize that even though
Chock indicates that he "was in love with the word
'aloha'" (qtd in Morales 57), that meaning of aloha
began to change.
You might do several things with this assignment:
You might explain how the meaning of "hero"
has changed throughout time all the way up into the
present.
You might explain how the meaning of "aloha"
has equally changed throughout time all the way up into
the present.
One optional task is for you to connect the words and
realms of "aloha" and "hero" and
indicate WHY the meaning of those words have changed
and WHY there might exist a similar reason for the permutation
in these terms.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Discuss your personal concept of either "hero"
or "aloha" or both. What does that term mean
to you? as a local? as a non local? as a worker? Does
'aloha' matter to you?
Indicate how "hero" and / or "aloha"
have changed. Indicate your understanding of how and
why aloha has been changed over time.
Discuss, if possible, ACTUAL manifestations of that
change; for example, since 'appears' so often in tourist
brochures, you might actually want to analyze and/or
take a walk around Waikiki to get a "vibe"
about that aloha that you feel there.
Ultimately, assess why you agree or disagree with the
poet Eric Chock, who keeps repeating that particular
line about aloha—"I want to live the word
'aloha' / but it's so hard just to say" (59).
Do you think aloha will and continue to prevail into
the future of this state?
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