Summary Of By Any Other Name By Santha Rama Ru
Did you know it’s very important for you to know your cultural identity. I believe
it’s one of the most important things you can and should know about yourself. Cultural
identity is part of what defines you as a person. It is extremely important to know your
background, heritage, and cultural identity. Culture is extremely important and it affects
everyone’s values, behaviors, and perceptions.
Culture is the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement
regarded collectively. That basically means culture is your background. Cultural identity
is knowing your culture and what your culture is. For example, my cultural identity is
Filipino and American. Knowing your culture is very important. Some people …show more content…
In the story “By any other name” by Santha Rama Rau, two
Indian girls’ culture is disrespected as much as they are. In the story, the girls’ names
are Premila and Santha. On the first day of school, they’re headmaster, who isn’t native
to India, was the one who disrespected the Indian girls. She couldn’t pronounce the
Names of them, so she “gave them pretty English names”. That’s enormously
disrespectful in case you haven’t realized that. To the girls and to their culture. They
Were given these names, these names are from Indian descent. It must have been
extremely disrespectful, to change someone’s name to something you can pronounce
compared to letting them keep their names. Your culture can be disrespected just as
much as these girls’ culture was.
Another thing you might be able to relate to could be the incident that took place
in the story “Ethnic Hash”. In the story “Ethnic Hash” by Patricia J. Williams, is a story
about a women who questioned her culture. I believe that it is very important to know
your culture. It is very important because it’s great to know your culture.
it’s one of the most important things you can and should know about yourself. Cultural
identity is part of what defines you as a person. It is extremely important to know your
background, heritage, and cultural identity. Culture is extremely important and it affects
everyone’s values, behaviors, and perceptions.
Culture is the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement
regarded collectively. That basically means culture is your background. Cultural identity
is knowing your culture and what your culture is. For example, my cultural identity is
Filipino and American. Knowing your culture is very important. Some people …show more content…
In the story “By any other name” by Santha Rama Rau, two
Indian girls’ culture is disrespected as much as they are. In the story, the girls’ names
are Premila and Santha. On the first day of school, they’re headmaster, who isn’t native
to India, was the one who disrespected the Indian girls. She couldn’t pronounce the
Names of them, so she “gave them pretty English names”. That’s enormously
disrespectful in case you haven’t realized that. To the girls and to their culture. They
Were given these names, these names are from Indian descent. It must have been
extremely disrespectful, to change someone’s name to something you can pronounce
compared to letting them keep their names. Your culture can be disrespected just as
much as these girls’ culture was.
Another thing you might be able to relate to could be the incident that took place
in the story “Ethnic Hash”. In the story “Ethnic Hash” by Patricia J. Williams, is a story
about a women who questioned her culture. I believe that it is very important to know
your culture. It is very important because it’s great to know your culture.