Introduction to My Major Writing Assignment

This short essay that you are about to read was my third major writing assignment, for English 98. This essay entitled, Give Hawaiian Crown Lands Back to the Indigenous People , was written May 24, 2010, as an argumentative writing assignment. The beginning of this essay also held one of my strengths for this paper. The introduction, I feel was strong with good word choices, which would help to hold your attention, and have you interested in reading this paper.

Here is an excerpt from the introduction.

“Give us back our lands!” became a popular chant that you can hear at many rallies surrounding the Hawaii State government building. On January 17, 1893, the United States government, overthrew the Kingdom of Hawaii, under the reigning monarch of Queen Liliu’okalani. The United States government, stripped the queen of the Crown Lands, and captured the prime lands for their own use with building military bases, and airports on some of the land.”