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Children's Literature Analysis Of Hector Term Paper

All of these factors show that a young boy in the country and from a working class background stereotypically likes to hunt and fish. In Moke and Poki Build a House, the main characters are the two friends, Moke and Poki. Moke and Poki are Menehunes, a group of legendary little people who live in the rainforests of Hawaii. Though they are fictional, Moke and Poki show many traits that are associated with native people from Hawaii or otherwise. Both characters are male, though it is difficult to tell if they are adults or children. There are no parental figures and no females. Moke and Poki's friends are all animals and none of them are described using female or male pronouns. Instead they are simply called Crayfish, Nene-goose, Dog, and Cricket (Funai, 1972).

Moke and poki are portrayed in the illustration as having darker skin and, because they are in Hawaii and use Hawaiian words, are easily associated with Polynesian people. The first thing we learn is that they live in a bush, though Moke wants to live in a house. They look for a house but cannot find one. This perhaps suggests that, as native people, they are primitive and also far-removed from society or the real world (although this is probably not intentional on the author's part). Though they are the main characters and the only human-like characters, Moke and Poki are not in charge of the animals; after helping them build the house, all of the animals claim that they own it, too. This, too, can be attributed to the stereotype that native...

Yet, in Hector Goes Fishing all of the other characters are aware -- and sometimes even point out -- that Hector is acting differently that most people like him would (Hallowell, 1958). In Moke and Poki build a House, the relationships and actions of the characters and their interactions come over as regular. Only in one section does Poki tell Moke he is "silly" for not wanting to live in a bush any more (Funai, 1972, 6). Still, Moke and Poki are showing stereotypical native culture actions in their "regular" behavior, while Hector shows what "regular" boys are supposed to do by not doing it (Hallowell, 1958). As far as socioeconomic status, the characters from both stories are shown as living by small means. As has been discussed, Hector's family is most likely working class. The Menehunes, Moke and Poki, live in a bush; even the house that they build is not built well and collapses, showing that they also have little skill in that area (Funai, 1972). Hector displays the same lack of knowledge when he calls the fish's scales "shingles" (Hallowell, 1958, 18).
From these clues, the reader can see many examples of gender, race (including species and relation to animals), and socioeconomic class / background from Hector Goes Fishing and Moke and Poki in the Rain Forest.

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Funai, M. (1972). Moke and Poki in the Rain Forest. New York: Harper & Row.

Hallowell, P. (1958). Hector Goes Fishing.…

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Funai, M. (1972). Moke and Poki in the Rain Forest. New York: Harper & Row.

Hallowell, P. (1958). Hector Goes Fishing. Eau Claire, WI: E.M. Hale and Company.
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