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Ice Cream Homework Pizza Steelers Waikiki Homelessness
Write a 1 page story about a homeless person• Can be fiction or non-fiction• Include: (3/4 of a page)
person’s age Physical description How they became homeless Where they live
• Your feelings (1/4 of a page) About your character About homelessness
Take notes about presentation to:• Help you complete your homework
assignment• Guide your reading
Matthew Kaopio Born and raised in Hawaii As a young boy, surfed Kauai waves Kamehameha Schools graduate Lives on Oahu Artist- Paints with his mouth Paraplegic – lost his mobility in a
diving accident
THE AUTHORTHE ARTIST
Main character has lost his family Hawaiian ancestry Homeless on streets of Oahu Learns about self and family while on
his journey on streets Aumakua Think about your quick write and what
you thought about homelessness while you read this book!!
Author did field work for this book by studying the homeless on streets of Waikiki. Also, his grandmother
told him many stories that he incorporated into book.
Identity Homelessness Social Responsibility Spirituality and Omens
Magical realism novel has: Magic without
• Genies • Good fairies• Wizards
Magic intertwined with a realistic story:• It is unexpected and startling• It creeps up on the reader
It is fiction with magical elements
In movies: It IS• Groundhog Day• Fear and Loathing in
Las Vegas• O Brother Where Art
Thou?• Being John Malkovich• Edward Scissorhands • Purple Rose of Cairo• Big Fish• Field of Dreams• L.A. Story • Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon
In Movies: It is NOT• Harry Potter• Fairy Tales
Wicked Step Mothers Genies
Dreams send protagonist messages that reveal a truth that happens in real life
Pay attention to all the different magical realism
elements that occur in the book
Why would authors use magical realism in their stories?