of these short stories use literary devices to emphasize their message. I feel that Tanjong Rhu and Lee both use symbolisms to emphasize the speed at which our world is changing. It also tells us how the different generations view or ‘see’ their culture. Tanjong Rhu tells us of the relationship between a successful executive named Mr Li and his mother. Tanjong Rhu also looks into the different meanings of ‘seeing’. We learn about this when we read how Mr Li buys a pair of binoculars for his mother
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divergent ideals started in India during the British Empire. The Cultural tradition of India‚ imbued with many socio-religions‚ economic and philosophical‚ has an excellent integration. The impact of the colonial rule is reflected in life‚ literature and culture. Bhattacharya has witnessed the colonial and post – colonial situation in India. His writings have been greatly influenced by the political and social condition during the independence and post-independence India‚ which reflects a panoramic view of
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share her concern for the nurse’s apparent loss of moral values in modern society‚ but also for his own lighthearted‚ non-reflective participation in modern‚ ‘‘western’’ influenced life. Toshiko’s husband’s acceptance of and participation in modern western culture is also expressed through the American style clothing he wears and the ‘‘western’’ style‚ parquet- floored house he chooses to live in. Observing the scenery on the ride home‚ Toshiko also notes the damage modernization has wrought on the
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ESSAY: The Geopolitics of Information – How Western Culture Dominates the World by Anthony Smith is a book that deals with a crisis resulting due to a great divide between the developed “North” and the under-developed “South”. The third world accuses the Western world of cultural domination through the control of major news agencies‚ unrestricted flow of cultural products‚ financial power of advertising agencies‚ international newspaper chains‚ etc. Various technological advances mainly concentrated
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Edward’s book‚ is any culture or country that is not part of the Western countries‚ such as countries in the Middle East‚ North Africa‚ and Southeast Asia. The West or‚ as Edward Said calls them‚ the Occident‚ has this misconception and imagination of the East. The Occident views the East as a magical‚ exotic place‚ where the society is backwards and primitive. I argue that The Dictator constructs generalizations of Eastern societies such as the low status of women‚ primitive culture and the non-existent
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the decline in communal life in the pacific people. C – Decline in communal life L - Reasons‚ pacific D – Discuss Introduction Context: Every society in the pacific look for ways to uphold their inherited ways of life and preserve their unique culture. Limited subject: Decline in communal life in the pacific. Issue: What are major reasons for the decline in communal life in the pacific? Thesis statement: the major reasons for the decline in communal life in the pacific are threefold: sociocultural
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journey of the emotional voyage in finding his own unique identity among different cultures he had encountered with. Each country represents his emotional situation of life. India: His own birthplace; his own roots; London: Away from home‚ but still living with the Bengali boys‚ still firmly attached to the culture; and the third and the final country : United States : where he learned to adopt the American culture to such an extent that‚ in the beginning‚ he had to try to adjust with his Indian
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development of Bhutan is in harmony with the culture‚ spirituality and environment. This strategy consists of four pillars relating to economics‚ the environment‚ culture and government which all must be in balance to create ‘happiness’ within the society. The Bhutanese people put much less emphasis on economic prosperity than we do in Western Society‚ and because of this‚ the four pillar strategy would not work in the West. The values of Western culture are unbalanced‚ as material goods and prosperity
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It’s both funny and sad that as soon as people leave their familiar comfort zone‚ when they are alone‚ say at a coffee shop or waiting in line for a bus‚ they automatically‚ almost reactively‚ reach for the cell phone to call or text someone who will reconnect them with the safe and familiar world from which they have momentarily wandered away. The average persons’ lack of ability‚ or willingness‚ to encounter an unknown situation or territory reveals their lack of tolerance for being alone‚ as well
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such as Functionalism and Marxism are outdated and are deemed irrelevant to many sociologists. Functionalism and Marxism are often described as ‘modernist’ as they explain the findings of modern society‚ where it follows the industrialisation of the western world. Postmodernists reject the views of the modernist theorists as they claim that they are metanarratives (big stories). They believe that sociology needs to develop new theories so we can fully understand postmodern society. Postmodernity has
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