Western cultures push for a uniform world, but the process of international exchange of ideas, values or beliefs that is globalization also represents a challenge to cultural diversity. In an ideal world we would all have access to medical care and clean water, but globalization doesn’t stop once we all have the same basic means of living. The desire to create uniformity does not end there. That’s why when people in small villages are faced with big changes to the way they have been taught to live by generations before them, change is a threat to their identity.…
Morrie’s ideas raise up a lot of questions. What makes an emotion? How are we able to feel emotion? It makes me think of The Giver by Lois Lowry. In The Giver is a society where all emotion is eliminated, meaning that humans cannot feel emotion. It’s very interesting to compare how emotion plays a huge role in both stories. Morrie is someone who has felt sadness, pain, and grief, yet people in The Giver never get to experience those emotions. I think Morrie is trying to tell Mitch to detach himself from his emotions because he wants Mitch to accept that life is short and that nothing is permanent.…
Imagine a word with no love, no affection, and no biological families. Well in the dystopian society in The Giver by Lois Lowry. This is their everyday life, which makes the protagonist Jonas wonder why is this the case. Jonas’ society and modern day society have close to nothing in common. While Jonas’ society is emotionless, experiences sameness, and does not have choices, Modern day society consists of love, celebrates individuality, and has freedom to choose.…
“Mr. Durkin is out there. He has been her piano teacher for five years. He's the closest thing Risa has to a parent. She's lucky. Not every kid at Ohio State Home 23 has a teacher they can say that about.” Imagine yourself a kid who lost their parents at a young age? Could it affect you? You would be 1 out of 150 million children who are orphans. Don’t feel bad, you're aren't the only one. You may feel like you are different, but that’s a good thing. Everyone is different in their own way, and it's a good thing. What if everyone in the world was exactly alike? What if we all talk, act and look the same? Everything would be dull! Many important people in history were different, such as Albert Einstein and Abraham Lincoln. They did amazing…
In the Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird argues that the definition of equality is diffrent for diffrent people. There are many different examples of this throughout the story, and that prove that equality still has issues today. One example that shows the different definitions of equality is how different members of the town reacted to Atticus defending Tom Robinson. While some of the town supported Atticus with defending Tom, and even change their views like Mr. Underwood, who said he would defend Atticus the night some of the town tried to lynch Tom in the jail, and some people in the Cunningham family, since one of the Cunninghams almost acquitted the trial by not agreeing that Tom was guilty.…
The author, Gish Jen, sees a major difference between the way of life in the “Old World” as opposed to the way of life in our society in the United States now-a-days. She states “In the Old World, there was one way of life, or 2, maybe 10,” and looking back in history this is accurate. There was not as much diversity in terms of religion, ethnicity, or profession as there is today. She makes it clear that she believes now there are “New Worlds” around every corner. A big factor into this is all the immigrants who came over and meshed their new, different ways of life with the ones already set in place here. She believes that all the new diversity changed the USA into having it’s way of life made entirely of a mixture of many different ways of life.…
People tend to reject what is different. Our differences/diversities can lead to growth as a society or it can lead to violence and hatred. We must value our diversity in order to work together for the common good of our society/world.…
Kwame Appiah talks about, we must wrestle with the idea of diversity and its value. We cannot expect people to be the same, we cannot enforce it upon people either, and it’s completely unethical to do so. Why do we value diversity so much? Do we secretly fear the overly globalized world of the future and the identity crises we will face there? What will our lives be like and will corporations annihilate our individuality once and for all? I don’t think that’s the case. Humans are innovators, creators, and regurgitators but we never spit it back at you the way you gave it to us. That is the secret behind change, especially cultural change. Culture, which is by definition, the shared beliefs system of a people applied to all aspects of shared and personal life within that people, depends on the participation of the individual. One person in any given culture is always the unit of measurement in that culture by which you are able to understand and measure the culture. One person can change and so the culture at large has begun to change or diversify or evolve. What makes us change, what drives…
“People Like Us” begins by Brooks giving some examples of how people isolate themselves. Many people think of race when they think of diversity, but that is not the only aspect described by Brooks. He takes a look at racial, geographical, background, and work place diversity. People are very capable of finding the seemingly smallest differences between themselves. They will even make some of their biggest life choices based off of these differences. By drawing these subtle distinctions we continue to surround ourselves with people more and more like us, causing certain areas to have certain characteristics.…
Taking any dissection in the life is full of challenging. However, I am so glad that I have parents who have taught me how to make my dissections and how I should be responsible for that dissection.…
Today it is not unusual to see people of all different races, ethnic backgrounds or cultural groups living in one society. Our society is formed of a mix of different people and…
The world is an empty place. Differences make the world unique, beautiful, and full. Every culture adds something unique in the world. All cultures come together as one to form the most amazing place on earth. Without diversity we would all be the same. Dr. Martin…
* The United States is a melting pot of many cultures, races and ethnicities. I have learned that each group has differences and many similarities. With these differences they have taught me to be tolerant and accepting of them. By embracing the differences through our diverse society, I have learned new concepts of living, new ways to think, and have been introduced to a variety of foods that I have enjoyed. It seems in the end many of the groups that are so different have a common interest which is to love and be happy. It would be beneficial to our society if we would focus on the main interest of all, rather than focusing on how different we are from one another. Focusing on the differences and judging others based on them is something that was done in the past upon realization that closing the opportunity to learn about other cultures was hindering me in life.…
The world has dramatically revolutionized over the past centuries. Nowadays, people have different beliefs and traditions. As a result, the world is now full of human diversity in contrast to how it was before. Back in the 18th century, countries and continents were fully segregated. It was unusual to see a person with different nationality or cultural traits in a different country in comparison to the 21st century. Thus, in today’s society we have people of different races, countries, and religions. It’s a social change that has occurred worldwide due the increase of human migration into different countries. This social change, however, has caused a negative impact on the community itself; hence, being different has become a target for criticism. Seeing such diversity in our society makes it easy for one to judge others based on their religion, their nationality, and the color of their skin; however, people should not be judged by their physical appearance, their personal…
Boss: Ok what happens in The Giver will be in this box. Just open it up and watch the show (pass futuristic device across the table ).…