reaction to these tests is seen as a sign of growing maturity” (Rogoff‚ 2003‚ p. 174). Of the abundant rituals performed in cultures‚ a common ritual emerges – the initiation of boys and girls into manhood and womanhood. When viewing the Coming of Age ceremonies this week‚ I chose to discuss the warrior’s rite of passage‚ practiced in the Maasai tribe‚ because of its taboo appearance‚
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another‚ from one status to another‚ from one responsibility to another in the tribal society.1 Whereas‚ etymologically‚ the term ‘ritual’ which is associated with the word ‘rite’ is derived from the Latin word ritus‚ which mean ‘usage’‚ ‘practice’ or ‘ceremony’. Some scholars relate the meaning of the term ‘ritual’ with the Greek word dromenon‚ which means “a thing done” (literally).2 Therefore ritual is a term that frequently refers to symbolic behaviour shaped by rules‚ and repeated‚ always in the same
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At some point in time‚ all individuals learn certain traits and go through some rites of passage to help them cope or survive their personal experiences. In The Scarlet Ibis‚ the narrator and his brother‚ Doodle has to learn to be perseverant‚ willing‚ and hopeful to achieve their goals of teaching Doodle to walk and to do various other things no one expected him to be able to do. One rite of passage for Doodle was learning how to walk. This is where those traits come in. At first‚ Doodle was pessimistic
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Initiation means acceptance. The movement from one stage of life to another can happen in many forms‚ from a child’s gentle baptism to a tribal hazing. It can take weeks for the initiation of Savic boys. For the boys to become a true Savic man they need to go through the process of "crocodile cuts." It happens once a year but doesn’t happen to only one age group. Boys from as young as 13 to 20-years-old may all go through their tribe’s initiation at the same time. All who take part of the process
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In the amish culture‚ primarily from eastern United states‚ it is customary for children growing older to be given the choice to partake in a coming of age period known as Rumspringa. This period is given to enable the teens to make a choice to stay amish or not. For those who chose to partake it usually involves the younger amish females being picked up by slightly older males and driven to a big party. They usually go from party to party the entire weekend‚ drinking lots of alcohol and some engage
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The Lakota rite of passage and the Apache rite of passage are both similar and different in the ways that they show what the rite of passage that the children went through. The rites of passage are different because the Lakota rite of passage is more of a mental rite of passage and the Apache rite of passage is more of a physical rite of passage. The Lakota rite of passage for Martin was more of a mental rite of passage because Martin had to deal with the fact that his grandfather was going to pass
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The Benefit of Reading Reading was one of my preferred activities when I was a child. In high school‚ I started reading books about life to equip myself with knowledge about communication and social behavior. Nowadays‚ most people are flooded with a lot of modern technologies; reading hobby is being gradually buried by other interests but my feeling of reading and holding a book still has its own value in me. In “The Art of Reading”‚ Lin Yutang‚ a Chinese scholar says that reading makes people enjoy
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Heart of Darkness: A Hero’s Journey In the literary classic‚ Heart of Darkness‚ Joseph Conrad sends his hero embarking on a quest that parallels that of what Joseph Campbell refers to as “the Hero’s Journey” in his seminal work of comparative mythology‚ the Hero with a Thousand Faces‚ where Campbell examines the journey of the archetypal hero in 12 separate stages. Almost all of the stages canvassed in Campbell’s work are present in the novella Heart of Darkness. We are guided throughout Marlow’s
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Joe McBride 11/21/11 English 11 Hero ’s Journey Narrative: Jaws Jaws was a movie that was made which clearly represents itself as a movie that follows a Hero ’s Journey Narrative. The Journey begins with The Call‚ as part of the Departure. The Call begins once Sheriff Brody is first made aware of the shark attack that happens‚ before several more break out. He essentially accepts The Call by looking further into the attack‚ in case more come to his attention. The Initiation begins
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The Life-Changing Journey In the short story‚ “Greasy Lake‚” written by author T. Coraghessan Boyle‚ we read about the gruesome discovery that the unidentified narrator himself comes across on one particular summer night while seeking adventure with his two friends. The teenage boys all of equal age believe they are “bad” and unfortunately they learn the hard way about the consequences of being mischievous when they visit the infamous Greasy Lake. The suburban boys find more than what they are
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