A Closer look to American Culture: A comparison between culture in China and America By Shijiao Chen Social Work 100 March 15‚ 2012 My parents came to the United States when I was about ten years old‚ leaving me and my younger brother to live with my grandma in China. We talked on the phone every day and they told us what their life in America was like. From what my parents told me‚ the U.S. was place where everybody could have a place to live and something to eat if they
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similarities between cultures? He used the term “mythology” to compare similarities in cultures by giving an example of the Greeks. We perceive Greek mythology as just some stories or tales and nothing else. Had we asked a Greek person during Homeric Greece about the mythological tales they told their children to explain where we come from‚ they’d probably say they don’t now what we are talking about because‚ to them‚ the mythological stories were fact. What is a creation myth? Do all cultures have them
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Zheng Wang ENC 1102 RXB3 Final draft The Conflicts between Mother and Daughter in “Two Kinds” In the story “Two Kinds”‚ author Amy Tan‚ who is a Chinese-American‚ describes the conflicts in the relationship of a mother and daughter living in California. The protagonist in this story Jing-mei Woo’s mother is born and raised in China‚ and immigrates to the United States to escape from the Chinese Civil War. For many years she maintained complete Chinese traditional values‚ and has been abided by
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primary countries of residence for this tribe are Niger‚ Mali‚ and Algeria. The Fulani are one of many different tribes on the continent‚ and there is a stark diversity among each of the tribes that goes down to the very intricacies of the religion and culture of each tribe. The Fulani are characterized by a set of unique traits that distinguish them from all of the other African tribes; these specific traits consist of their history in terms of their origin and influence‚ the particular religion that they
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parents‚ teachers and elders throughout their upbringing. By the time they reach the age of maturity‚ respecting people around them becomes a major aspect of their personality; whereas in Canada respect seems to be slowly disappearing from their culture. Their children are given too much of freedom at a very small age. Children over there are given the authority to report their parent’s unnecessary strict behavior to the police and be taken away from them. This power that their children are given
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1. Define culture and differentiate between material and nonmaterial culture. Culture is a socially learned and transmitted behavior. Ideas‚ norms‚ values and beliefs are largely dependent on the kind of culture we belong to as the products of this culture. The non material aspects of any culture are its beliefs‚ customs‚ philosophy‚ patterns and ways of communication (verbal and non-verbal) and its government. The material aspect of culture consists of the physical. These are houses‚ food items
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Fairy tales have been around for many generations. They have been read to children all over the world because of how they can relate to children no matter what culture they come from. One of the more well known fairy tales is ‘Sleeping Beauty’. The most commonly known version today is the Disney movie‚ created in 1959. This movie was based on the Grimm’s version of Sleeping Beauty called ‘Little Brier-Rose’ which was written in 1812 in Germany. Another less known version of Sleeping Beauty is ‘Sun
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Communication between cultures Chapter 8 Cultutal influences on Context: The business setting Chapter 8 is about the "environment " in which communication in the a certain business takes place. We need to take into account that communication has an order‚ and is rule governed. Cultural context takes a big part in communication while doing business or while negotiating for whatever reason(not necessarily about money)‚ with someone else‚ and the chapter explains how it affects it‚ and how communication
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Although we are all human we have distinct differences that set us apart. These difference consist of race and culture. There should never be a time in which one substitutes for the other. These differences should not be used to discourage one another but instead to embrace‚ accept‚ and appreciate the differences that set us all apart. Race is something that we have created that is based upon an individual’s skin color. As Goodman states‚ “there is no clear marker to designate where one ‘race’ begins
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One of the mechanisms by which these ideologies are perpetuated is the Sorting and the Sorting Hat. At the beginning of a student’s journey at Hogwarts‚ the Sorting Hat sorts and depicts each student into a house. Before beginning the Sortings‚ the hat sings a song to acquaint those being sorted with what to expect. "There’s nothing hidden in your head’ it sings in Sorcerer’s Stone‚ "The Sorting Hat can’t see‚ / So try me on and I will tell you / Where you ought to be." (117-118). This song‚ creates
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