Rapa Nui
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The film Rapa Nui gives us an interesting account of the sort of society that existed on Easter Island. In Timothy K. Earle’s How Chiefs Come To Power we are treated to the evolution of human cultures and how political power in chiefdoms is institutionalized. Earle argues that despite differences due to the diversity of human nature, there are common themes and processes of social life: “one such arena of common action [is] the institutionalization of political domination and resistance to it” (2).The action of the film occurs on Easter Island where inhabitants languish under a fairly senile king, Ariki-mau. Ariki-mau is the king of the Long Ears, the dominant class in society. Under Long Ear domination the Short Ear inferior class is enslaved and made to build dozen of giant stone faces. The king wants these stone faces built so he can attract the great White Canoe that he thinks will take him to heaven. No face can be too big or will there ever be enough of them. “Build another one, then take the rest of the day off” he tells the slaves in one instance. Make is a member of the Short Ears. He resembles a Marxist-atheist. He spouts on about how religion is a distraction and he helps lead resistance to the king’s and the Long Ears’ domination of the Short Ears. We see a microcosm of society here on Rapa-Nui, one that borders of apocalypse. The last remnants of forest are in danger of being cut down. Because of overpopulation there is
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Approximate Word count = 1192
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page)
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