Time and Themes for the novel

Before Kapu
-'bowl of light'
-mo'olelo, mo'o kiha

The Kumulipo
-recording beliefs into chant
-how all is named
-how water-ocean births the rest
-the wa
-the connections

Kapu overthrown
-what values sustain inspite of the formal overthrow of 'kapu'
-how do the values play out in the everyday
-how does the na'au remember the values
-how does the mind grooves trauma
-and the allowance for more than trauma?

Hawaiian Kingdom overthrow January, 1893
-the ali'i are gods
-loyalty
-mana
-how the land continues to be 'aina
-politics and economy

Sugar is King
-plantation brings the world to the 'aina
-Plantation is another world of control