American culture is rich‚ complex‚ and unique. It emerged from the short and rapid European conquest of an enormous landmass sparsely settled by diverse indigenous peoples. Although European cultural patterns predominated‚ especially in language‚ the arts‚ and political institutions‚ peoples from Africa‚ Asia‚ and North America also contributed to American culture. All of these groups influenced popular tastes in music‚ dress‚ entertainment‚ and cuisine. As a result‚ American culture possesses an
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II 30 September 2013 American culture is unlike any other in the world. There are many things that make our culture so unique and diverse. From historic events to the very way the United States was started‚ American culture has changed many times throughout its existence‚ and it keeps changing every day. One of the reasons why our culture is so unique is that it has been influenced by every single other culture in our planet. The United States is one of the most diverse
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American Culture American Culture is the totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns‚ arts‚ beliefs‚ institutions‚ and all other products of the human worth and thought. In plain English‚ our culture is the great combination of all alien cultures that immigrants bring here that end up being dwindled down and Americanized. It is easy for others to believe that America doesn’t have a culture‚ and they have the idea that we only consist of materialistic things. Our culture isn’t just about
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Review 2: "The Syrian Bride" International Film As Americans‚ our instinct is to close ourselves off to cultures. Instead‚ we transplant our culture and lifestyle into other countries; for example‚ the presence of the mega food chains McDonalds and Starbucks in almost every nation across the globe. But if we were to open ourselves up‚ even slightly‚ we would see that some cultures have much of their beautiful history and traditions to offer. In our modernized and technically advanced society‚ there
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Contrast- Rough Draft March 22‚ 2011 Maasai Culture v. American Culture In the tribal villages of eastern Africa the Maasai marriages are arranged by the elders without ever first consulting the bride or the mother of the bride to be. Unlike‚ that of my own culture in the United States of America‚ where I am free as a citizen to choose whomever I may choose to marry and when and if I may marry. Polygyny is that of which is practiced in the Maasai culture‚ as an ideal that is achieved only by that
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Pakistani and American Wedding A Pakistani and American wedding is a traditional ceremony with a lots of fun on wedding of bride and groom. It brings all the family members together of the bride and groom. A lots of cultures have different ways of celebrating wedding traditions. In Pakistani wedding it has only 4 steps but in American wedding it has only 1 step. In Pakistani wedding it held for only three days event while American marriages does not take too much time. A Pakistani wedding
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Explain the idea of myth and show how it is helpful to explain any American cultural form. Culture shapes the way we think. It is the society’s system of shared‚ learned values and norms; these are the society’s design for living. It has an influence on the way we look‚ our habits‚ our tastes and the way we relate to others. Values are an abstract of ideas which are about the good‚ the right and the desirable. Norms are the social rules and guidelines. The definition of myth is a “popular belief
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Theme of Bride Price The Bride Price‚ a story written by Buchi Emecheta‚ reflects a misery life of a Nigerian girl‚ Aku-nna. The absent of her father in the family had dramatically changed her life. Her bride price that she would get before getting married caused many troubles within her family. After reading this story‚ we can see the practice of customs‚ the system of value and the belief of local Nigerians are the main themes discussed in the story. First of all‚ it ’s about practice of customs
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Griffin ENG 101-04 Epic Paper There are always hardships and battles that a person must experience in order to have true love. Some people give up with fighting for love‚ while others fight until their last breath. In the epic movie‚ The Princess Bride‚ the characters go through many obstacles‚ so they can achieve this type of real love; in any epic story‚ the hero must fight certain battles in order to accomplish this task. The story has three main battles that Westley must face‚ so he can save
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from one country to another‚ always value their cultures. It may be the same world‚ but the cultures will always differ from each other. Mexico and the United States share the same border‚ but share two completely different customs. “No custom is good or bad‚ right or wrong in itself; each one must be examined in light of the culture as a whole and evaluated in terms of how it works in the context of the entire world.” Mexican culture and American culture vary within marriage‚ celebrations‚ and education
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