Samoans

Beauty Begins With You Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, they say. I believe beauty is evolving and therefore there is no true definition. However, I think beauty should be beyond superficial and materialistic - it should be internal – what’s skin deep. Our qualities make us beautiful since it’s what truly defines who we are. I think beauty should be compared to happiness rather than appearance because after all, when we are happy, we are able to see beauty in ourselves and in others that…

loneliness because of the cultural differences they are experiencing. Most teachers do not take the time to understand a child’s culture, and a child’s constant defiance may be the result of the conflict at home or their need for attention. Igoa tells of a Samoan child that she worked closely with, and researched his culture to aid in making this child feel more accepted in this new culture. Igoa discovered that a key aspect of his culture is storytelling and, after a while, he created a film…

Individuals live in a world that is imperfect. There are good versus evil sides, in one person. People try to control their good and bad personalities, but can evil be controlled. In this classic of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson shows the difference between the gentleman Dr. Jekyll and his alter ego Mr. Hyde. In the year of publication in Victorian England because of crimes many people were frightened after reading the novel. This novel takes readers on a mysterious journey…

The National Park of American Samoa is a national park established on October 31, 1988. It is located in Polynesia, Oceania at latitude 13.8333°S, 171.7500° W American Samoa is made of seven islands which are Tutuila, Tau, Olosega, Ofu, Aunuu, Rose Atoll, and Swains Island. All of the island's main biomes are the tropical rainforest. American Samoa was not established as a national park until 1993 when the park signed a 50-year lease agreement with eight participating villages in Tutuila, Tau,…

Within the novels The Day of the Locust and The Grapes of Wrath, both authors create meaning through the use of symbols, metaphor and allegory. Both novels, The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West and The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, were published in 1939, a year of high tension both within America and the world on a whole. Nazism seemed ready to sweep through Europe, Communist Russia looked an unlikely ally and, within its own boarders, America was still recovering from both the…

United States economy was the world 's most productive one. The American industry produced twice as much as its biggest competition, Britain. In 1898 and 1899, the United States seized Hawaii and took over the Philippines, Puerto Rico, portions of the Samoan islands, and various other Pacific islands in order to gain power. The Spanish American War and the gaining of the Philippines represented a stretching out of earlier imperialist impulses and a noticeable departure from the American foreign…

culture. Due to Hawaii’s melting pot, The culture of Hawaii has evolved into one where various ethnicities gather together, but don’t fully blend, creating a whole new identity with their ethnicity and local society. Koreans, Filipinos, Japanese, Samoans, and many more ethnicities have part…

that there are different kinds of people living in New Zealand. So after looking this thing, they have hired different employees related to different cultures. They are having employees from different communities like Chinese, Indians, Maoris, and Samoans etc which can give the customer service to their community people if needed. How quality service is implemented and monitored Quality services are implemented by rewarding to customers and employees, responding to the need of customers,…

I am a Tongan descendant born in American Samoa speaking both Tongan and Samoan. I come from a low-income family and I am a first generation college student. Having the opportunity to continue my education is vital for me to be an example and a role model for my family to follow. I am the second of six siblings and the first to seek a higher education. My family is my number one motivator and even though they cannot afford to pay for my education, their love and support is enough to push me to…

With the billions of people out there in the world living today, it causes a lot of cultures to arise. On the other hand, all these different cultures ancient or modern, are not a negative thing, in fact, it is not only positive, but also significant, with the diverse world we live in today. With that being said, the Meras were a small, yet significant ancient civilization with a rich and long culture, known to few till this day. They were a highly advanced, ancient society living near what…