Mauna Kea is an inactive volcano and was known as the "white mountain" due to its snow capped peaks in the winter. ... The white man was slowly taking over. Between 1824 and 1891, Hawaii had gone through a great divide, made whites royal advisors, wrote a constitution, let white men own four times as much land as the natives and saw their last king die. ... On January 17, 1893, white business leaders took over the capital and on July 4, they held a constitutional convention and elected Sanford B. ... Since the white man came around, the native Hawaiians lost everything, now including th...

• Word Count: 1392
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Near the end of the story, Chato lost his job when the white man who owned the ranch fired him because Chato was too old to do enough work to please the white man. ... She lived most of her life afraid of white people. ... The white doctors and the white government officials played important but minor roles in the novel. ... The white people eventually began to fear Ayah and the Native Americans. ... The snow was described as falling in "thick tufts like new wool", creating a visual image in the reader's mind. ...

• Word Count: 1994
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School