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?