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Tysen Oyama and Kalehua Kalili
The thought process behind the Instagram page that Kalehua and I made was to make Panaʻewaʻs page look like he is a stuck up and selfish moʻo that shouldnʻt be considered a leader of the moʻo because his actions donʻt reflect what an actual leader is supposed to. He talks as if he can do anything. But, risks the lives of his own people to defeat an opposition that he states he could defeat himself. This proves to my point that Panaʻewa is either scared, over confident of himself or underestimating his opponent. In the mo’olelo of Pele and Hi’iaka: A Tale of Two Sisters, on page 24 paragraph 1. The narrarator says “It was the home of the dreaded mo’o Pana’ewa, a reptilian beast that would surely attack them.” …show more content…
This leads me to ask if Hiʻiakaʻs appearance aided the fact that she was underestimated in battle? With all her beauty, was it that, that helped her defeat her enemy or did it just hurt the appearance of Panaʻewa? A case someone might make of Panaʻewa is that he feels like Hiʻiaka was trespassing. So from the moʻo point of view he is the good guy. They dont know any better but, to fight for their leader. On the instagram page that Kalehua and I have constructed. The most recent post that we’ve posted from the Pana’ewa account is of Hiʻiaka hacking his account and posting a picture of herself defeating Panaʻewa. This represents Hiʻiaka being a rebelious person and doing things she doesnʻt have to like going through the moʻo infested areas. The comments that were on this post were mostly directed toward Hiʻiaka because she was much more powerful than Panaʻewa thought The first comment is from Pele and she commented very proudly as if she seen what she wanted to see in Hiʻiaka. The second comment is a follower of Panaʻewa and we made as if heʻs in disbelief of the L that Panaʻewa took. The third comment from Paoa is showing that Paoa might be