For my last blog post I
have decided to discuss one of the questions for discussion in the back of The
Descendants.
“What was unique about
the Hawaiian setting of the book and how did it enhance or take away from the
story?”
My answer to this question is twofold. On
the one hand Hawaii is very central and important to the inheritance plot of
the novel. This part of the novel could not take place if the novel was set in
a different locale. Issues of land, inheritance and ownership in the novel are
very “Hawaiian”. This quote from the novel exemplifies this notion, “But now I
find myself not working to give it up- the land, the lush relic of our tribe,
the dead. The last Hawaiian – owned land will be lost and I will have something
to do with it” (229-30). On the other hand, the second plot of the story could
happen anywhere. Matt’s struggle to understand his daughters and try to bring
his family together. The struggles of families are universal.
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