Kristen Wenzel‚ author of “Tradition” and director of women studies at the College of New Rochelle analyzes the influences tradition has had on societies. She discusses the relationship between malnutrition‚ hunger and tradition. Gender dividers‚ between both men and women are placed and have been put in effect. With this‚ the social dividers have encouraged incentives for societies to manufacture and distribute food. The article‚ Tradition‚ suggest the inclusion and exclusion of elements in a
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Michelle Miller January 30‚ 2009 R. Witek EH 131 A Want to be Bad Character Through reading “Greasy Lake” by T. Coraghessan Boyle it is easy to conclude that all three characters (Jeff‚ Digby‚ and the narrator) think they are bad‚ by what was mentioned in the beginning of the short story by the narrator saying “We were bad (Boyle 1).” Bad according to Webster dictionary can be define as having a wicked or evil character (Bad). With this definition in mind‚ it does not really describe any one
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Traditions -necessary -we were all born into different social groups thus we find traditions necessary to bond us all as different people -Social‚ religious‚ political‚ racial -emerge from culture Traditions still serve a purpose Traditions inculcate morals but how many people follow it? Traditions teach history‚ culture‚ belief but how many people care? Traditions bring people together e.g. Chinese New Year provides opportunity
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still many groups of people that perform traditions or ceremonies that their ancestors did. Many of these groups either follow the exact same traditions‚ to an extent of what it was‚ or have come up with a new version of their own‚ but still have the concepts of the original tradition or ceremony. The story‚ The Lottery‚ is an example of people following an old tradition to an extent of what it was when it was first created. It implies many examples of traditions and ceremonies‚ religious beliefs‚ and
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some differences. ‚ Ukrainian weddings traditionally began with a courtship ухаживание whereby the parents of the groom would choose a bride for their son. This would have been carried out with the approval of the bride’s parents. However this tradition is no longer observed. Nowadays‚ the couple may sometimes request their parents’ approval of the union but they choose their partners themselves. On the day of the wedding‚ the groom’s first duty is to pick up his bride from her house. Before
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T.S. Eliot Response In T.S. Eliot’s essay‚ “Tradition and the Individual Talent‚” he consistently mitigates the importance of an artist (poet or author) and the artist’s originality. Eliot believes that that the artist should simply be viewed as a medium to the development of a work rather than the work being a representation of the artist. He defines his impersonal theory as a “continual surrender” by the author that values tradition‚ rather than personal emotions‚ to create greatness. This
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communicative social acts" (24). But because Julien would both sniff at the idea of associating the oral with Africa‚ while simultaneously acknowledging the fact that "there is a continuity in African verbal arts The artists are creatures of culture‚ their traditions are in them and inform their works" (25)‚ she engages in too much special pleading‚ betraying a defensiveness or protectionism toward Africa and the oral which is as objectionable as the Eurocentric prejudices that she attacks. If we are
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Cited: Carroll‚ W. (2011). The Bond Outlives the Scandal. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings‚ 137(9)‚ 43-46. Dela Cruz‚ R. (2010‚ January 23). Sailors crow over revived tradition. Retrieved from http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=50627 Department of Defense. (2011‚ December 23). Dempsey: Hazing‚ Bullying `Intolerable ’ In Military. FDCH Regulatory Intelligence Database. Landay‚ J. (1997‚ February 10). Hazing
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history. However‚ these are not considered literature. Among those considered to be the earliest records of literature is theEgyptian Book of the Dead written down in the Papyrus of Ani in 250 BCE. Many of the literary works are handed down by oral tradition. In Africa‚ the lack of literacy did not make it possible to write literature down. Histories‚ myths‚ legends‚ including stories‚ dramas‚ riddles‚ songs‚ proverbs and other literary works were handed by mouth from generation to generation to entertain
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Oral Tradition‚ 15/1 (2000): 26-38 Dario Fo and Oral Tradition: Creating a Thematic Context1 Antonio Scuderi A historical analysis‚ especially a critical one‚ of an actor’s techniques is impossible if the actor does not have “poetics.” It is by means of “poetics”—in the themes by which it is developed—that the “techniques” acquire depth and meaning and become a “style.” Totò2 has a poetics that is rich in themes and motifs that weave and dovetail‚ presenting a whole and complex vision
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