There are millions of cultures all over the world that change the way people are perceived. Culture is a large part of how people view the world and how the world views people of a certain culture. Differences in culture can be viewed in multiple short stories, and excerpts from novels. The authors of “An Indian Father’s Plea”, “Where Worlds Collide”, and “Everyday Use” use culture to show how people can react to others based on their way of life. Culture can create conflict between people and cause differences in how certain groups perceive each other.…
A cultural pattern is anything that is reflected within a specific groups practice such as religion, land use, economic activity, education, or attitude towards gender among other things. It is something that a group shares in common with the rest of the group. We will begin with the Prince in this film. His cultural pattern is to be educated in the best schools, to eat at the best restaurants and in general have the best of everything in life. He shares his culture with the elite in life a very small percentage who are born into a family of wealth and advantage never knowing what it is to either want or work. The Princess however was born into a working class life always wanting to better her, never knowing a life of ease, educated with the rest of the children in her area at a public school and sometimes going without. She has a culture that can improve themselves or not as they chose depending on their work ethic and luck. Last we have the animals who share the culture of the relaxed attitude believing that life will provide what they need and that they never really want anything but what they have with no desire to change the land, education, or anything else about their life. It is a seemingly fatalistic attitude believing they are born into, will live in and die within the same social setting. All of these three cultural patterns are very different and specific almost as if the writer chose the three most different cultural patterns available to show to the watcher. Next we look at examples of verbal and nonverbal interaction in the film and Hall and Hofstede’s…
In the book Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas, there are five concepts from our textbook, Lives Across Cultures: Cross-Cultural Human Development by Harry W. Gardiner and Corrine Kosmitzki. Three of the concepts are components of Firoozeh Dumas’ developmental niche such as the psychology of her caretakers, the customs of her child care, and the social settings of her daily life growing up. The other two concepts are individualism and ethnocentrism.…
This film shows situations that some girls go through when coming of age. These girls go through the darkest and most controversial issues that may come to pass in a school, a situation that any girl would be terrified to live through. Mean Girls tells the story of a 15- year-old named Cady Heron, daughter of two zoologists . She grew up in Africa and was home schooled her whole life untill one day her family moves back to the States and she enrolls in a high school in a suburb outside of Chicago. This funny movie shows the thoughts of a girl who has lived in the jungle, and comes to a reality where the jungle seems to be civilized as she is involved in a variety of situations where it is played with psychological warfare, and social rules.…
Sister James and Sister Aloysius play a very important role in John Patrick Shanley’s movie Doubt, which is about the mistrust that takes place in a school directed by the church on priest Flynn command. There, sister Aloysius is the principal, so she is in charge of the student’s rights and responsibilities. On the other hand Sister James is a history teacher. Both characters are important for their way of handling the doubt.…
Depending on where you live, it is safe to say that a majority of people have the right to speak up for their beliefs and defend themselves by calling out those who are oppressing them. However, unlike the United States, where it is the right of all it’s citizens to voice their opinions, there are many countries that put limitations on what can be said and punish those who violate the rules. The United Nations wrote the “Universal Declaration of RIghts” document which lists thirty articles that state the rights that all human beings need to have, including the right to vocalize their opinions freely. Freedom of speech is one of the most crucial rights that anyone can have because it allows them to stand up for people causing injustice to others.…
Introduction: One’s culture is a key part of their identity. Culture can reside in a nation, family, ethnicity, a religion, etc. Mahatma Gandhi once said, “A Nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people”. One’s culture is usually seen through the religion and traditions of their nation; therefore this influences their everyday lives and their behavior.. Culture influences one’s appearance or the way they talk, but also a person’s ideas, judgements, and treatments of others.…
Some elements that define my culture would be christmas. I know everything celebrates christmas or something simular to it but, but for christmas my mom always makes a lot of food and most of my family shows up. The most people that had showed up was about 30. We celebrate ?noche buena? which is the the night of 24th of december, we all come together as a family we eat party and at 12:00am which is the 25th of december the presents get opened. Its crazy how…
One of the themes that run through the story of each of the four babies are their constant growth and development. This applies to physical, emotional, and cognitive development. The babies are always exploring and learning to further themselves and mature. Hattie, at 23:00, is laying on her stomach in front of a mirror as two women discuss her growth. She looks up, sees a baby, herself, and smiles. She continues to interact with her reflection through movement and sound. Mari, 28:30, is in a buggy being pulled backwards though a toy store. As more things come into view, she looks at them with interest, clearly curious about what’s around her. Bayer, at 50:20, seems to have been attached to the foot of the bed to keep him out of trouble. He has other plans. He entertains himself by figuring out a way to get to the roll of toilet…
culture in the characters of the three people with their different qualities and ideologies in life. The mother…
The movie Girl Interrupted is set in 1967. It is about an 18 year old young lady named Susanna Kaysen. Susanna was not encouraged by her parents to be an individual and she surprises them when she tells them that she does not want to attend college but would rather peruse her passion of being an independent writer.…
A victim is someone who feels ostracized by an oppressor or multiple oppressors. A victim is someone who feels uncomfortable in a setting, feeling unwelcomed, and feeling targeted. Get Out shows the story of Chris as he meets his white girlfriend’s parents for the first time, and in meeting them he becomes a victim to her family’s wickedness. Get Out is a film that provides insight to the views of African-Americans in society and how they feel as the victim in more ways than the White-Americans because they are expected to behave in ways that are not true to their character, beast like, and subordinate. The idea that African Americans are the victim rather than the oppressor is a new take on a drawn-out tale. Through the use of non-diegetic…
A culture that I could identify with would be the family closeness. The reason that I could identify with the family closeness is because in my family no matter what happens family comes first. For every holiday, birthday, or celebration it is tradition that my family will be there for me. In any big decision they will help me make it and choose the right path for my future. We believe that if anyone is ever in need of assistance we will be there to help them. Another culture that I am a part of would be that the husband/ father is the bread winner. The husband is expected to make the most money so he can provide for his family. He is the person that makes all of the important final decisions and protects his wife and kids from harm. Other countries have a sort of identical type of culture. For example the Mexican culture, they are centered around family. They feel it is their place to help and be responsible for family members. The Mexican culture can also identify with the fact that the…
Culture is an important and vital component that defines who and what we are as a person. We interface with cultural difference on a daily basis. So what exactly is culture? Good Question! I will attempt to identify my own cultural and explain what cultural means to me. So, lets start by defining the term culture. “Culture is a particular society that has its own beliefs, ways of life, art, etc.”. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2015) My cultural identity consists of several parts. I am most foremost a female that has a variety of racial genetic makeup of African-American, Native American, and European descent. I was raised in a Christian religious household and in a primarily single parent home. I have a sister and a half brother on my father’s…
This meaning of culture is used when academic discuss artifacts of the high culture and low culture. Culture can be best understood of it is broken up into four main categories. History and world view, including values, beliefs and religion, Socialization, including education, enculturation and personal growth, Language and Non-verbal communication.…