{"id":414,"date":"2019-01-18T10:08:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T10:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/?p=414"},"modified":"2019-01-18T10:08:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T10:08:26","slug":"the-kingdom-of-oceana-a-novel-of-ancient-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/?p=414","title":{"rendered":"The Kingdom of Oceana \u2013 a Novel of Ancient Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A novel of ancient Hawaii by Mitchell Charles<\/p>\n

www.kingdomofoceana.com<\/a>
\nPublished by Butterhorse Publishing
\nPaperback, 211 pages
\nTwo Study Guides:
\n(1) Literature, History and the Humanities, 21 pgs; soft 3-hole binder
\nThis volume discusses the Hero\u2019s Quest as developed by Joseph Campbell, the famous mythologist and allows the reader to follow the journey of Prince Ailani.
\nAlso discussed from the book, are:
\n\u2022 Some history of the South Pacific as it relates to Hawaii and Hawaiian vocabulary
\n\u2022 Social issues, such as income disparity
\n\u2022 Literary devices, such as artistic license
\n(2) The Science Behind the Story, 41 pgs, soft 3-hole binder
\nThis volume covers such topics as:
\n\u2022 the formation of the Hawaiian Islands
\n\u2022 the isolation of the Islands and how it impacted life there
\n\u2022 the impact of foreigners coming to Hawaii re disease and invasive animals
\n\u2022 the animals and plants that are indigenous to Hawaii
\n\u2022 the climate and how it affects the Life of people and the flora and fauna
\n\u2022 the Pacific Ocean and some of the facts about living on its shores
\nA portion of all profits are donated to The Oceanic Society \u2014 \u201csaving the oceans and deepening connections between people and nature since 1969.\u201d
\n================
\nBy Emerson Sandow<\/p>\n

Southern California and Hawaii have many things in common: Surfing and surfers, the Pacific Ocean shaping the consciousness of the people who live in both places and a carefree lifestyle because of the mild weather. What Hawaii alone has, is an exotic and ancient culture that is centuries old and was built around a naturist religion, much like those of the native people of the Americas, with animal spirit guides, human life force connected to the earth\u2019s life force, powerful high priests and legendary kings and queens who ruled the islands of paradise along with great heroes who performed feats of bravery in times of need.<\/p>\n

The ocean\u2019s presence and power is one of the main characters of the story and in my estimation, Charles Mitchell has created a wonderfully intelligent and entertaining novel that teaches an overview of the ancient Hawaiian world while weaving a tale of a hero\u2019s Quest a la Joseph Campbell.<\/p>\n

The story revolves around two teenage brothers, royal princes, only one of whom can be destined to reign as king someday. They maintain a constant rivalry about virtually everything \u2013 racing, swimming, etc. The younger one of them is kind and more thoughtful than the older, who is a person of impulsive action, attracted to power and possessing a bullying mentality. They discover an abandoned and very ancient fortress that holds a magical Tiki mask of power. The older brother, Nahoa, is entranced with the Tiki mask and what its power can afford him. More fearful and thoughtful, the younger brother prefers to avoid the Tiki\u2019s power and he follows a Hero\u2019s Quest throughout the book, with help from his spirit animals and helpful humans, keeping true to his kind nature and refining it as he progresses. The story is simple, but archetypal in itself. You might want to read it aloud to your child so you can gain the pleasure of reading it as well!<\/p>\n

The descriptions of the beautiful land of Hawaii are captivating in themselves. If you visit the website, www.kingdomofoceana.com<\/a>, you will see photos of the places mentioned in the novel and gain insight into Mr. Mitchell\u2019s inspirations in writing the book. If you want to give your child an excellent Unit Study topic, The Kingdom of Oceana is the perfect centerpiece for studying the South Pacific culture, geography, ocean, plants and animals. Aloha! \u2126<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A novel of ancient Hawaii by Mitchell Charles www.kingdomofoceana.com Published by Butterhorse Publishing Paperback, 211 pages Two Study Guides: (1) Literature, History and the Humanities, 21 pgs; soft 3-hole binder This volume discusses the Hero\u2019s Quest as developed by Joseph Campbell, the famous mythologist and allows the reader to follow the journey of Prince Ailani. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,34],"tags":[139,140,141,142,143,144,145,146,147,148,149,150],"class_list":["post-414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-language-arts","category-reading","tag-hawaiian-geography","tag-hawaiian-history","tag-hawaiians","tag-joseph-campbell","tag-kilauea","tag-kingdom-of-oceana","tag-mitchell-charles","tag-pacific-ocean","tag-south-pacific-culture","tag-surfing","tag-hawaii","tag-oceana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417,"href":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions\/417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}