ALIKE OR DIFFERENT? “People are more alike than different.” A very famous saying that has spread around‚ but what does it actually mean‚ and does everyone agree with it? Some people think that they have more similarities than differences when being compared to others‚ while others say that everyone is different‚ with rarely any similarities. It depends on the person’s opinion‚ and in my opinion people are more alike than different‚ but this can’t be used as a way of judging people that might
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Japan and the United States:Different but Alike! The culture of a place is an integral part of its society whether that place is a remote Indian village in Brazil or a highly industrialized city in Western Europe. The culture of Japan fascinates people in the United States because‚ at first glance‚ it seems so different. Everything that characterizes the United States--newness‚ racial heterogeneity‚ vast territory‚ informality‚ and an ethic of individualism-- is absent in Japan. There‚ one finds
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American and Russian Values: Different or Alike? Any kind of multicultural communication is based on shared cultural values: socially determined ideas about what is good‚ right‚ or desirable. When we explore American and Russian values‚ we find some interesting similarities that make us realize that establishing communication between our countries is relatively possible. On the other hand‚ there is great cultural misunderstading between two nations‚ each of them thinking the other behaves strangely
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Human beings are more alike than different “Human beings are more alike than different.” This is a statement that may be argued by many people. Personally I agree with this statement because even thought‚ all of us are unique individuals‚ but the purpose of our existence is the same. Humans are greedy‚ greed is a feeling where we want more than what most people have in the world. People are this way because of society and the world in general. People all want money‚ we cannot do much unless we
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Brazil and the United States: so different and so alike. Brazil can be compared to the United States in several aspects. Both countries have a lot of things in common; however‚ we can point some differences too. The first thing we’re going to discuss is the way people act in both countries. Brazil prefers collectivism‚ whereas the United States prefers individualism. This means that‚ in Brazil‚ they support group interaction and think it’s really important. The United States differs
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Would you have risked your life to save a friend? Rikki thought to himself‚ “If I don’t break his back at the first jump he can still fight; and if he fights—O Rikki!” As we say “The most important things in life aren’t things” - Anthony J. D’Angelo Rikki Tikki is a brave character in this story. In one example‚ Rikki said to Nag‚ “Do you think it is right for you to eat fledglings out of a nest?”(para 25). Rikki Tikki stands up for his friend Darzee to let Nag know that he made a bad choice.
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Pipstella "That was a memorable day to me‚ for it made great changes in me. But‚ it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it‚ and think how different its course would have been" (Dickens 75). This is an excerpt from Charles Dickens’ acclaimed novel‚ Great Expectations‚ throughout the story‚ readers follow Pip’s narration‚ a once coarse and common boy whose change in fortune allows him to become a gentleman. As Pip visits Satis House‚ Miss Havisham’s adopted daughter
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Walter Winchell once described relationships as “Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.” Nora and Torvalds relationship does not fit this criterion. Nora is not considered equal to Torvald; she is considered his inferior. She also is extremely dependent on Torvald‚ to a point where if Torvald left her with the children‚ they may not survive. Nora and Torvald are also not truly in love with each other. In the play “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen‚ Nora made the correct decision by walking
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Many people need to accept the idea that others are going to be different. Not everyone is going to follow the rules. In “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe‚ Men are suppose to have a title‚ fame‚ and be powerful. A woman’s purpose in the ibo culture is quite different. Females are required to provide care for their children and husband. Females can’t do whatever they want unlike men in the Ibo culture. Females are seen as weak as compared to males. Men are seen as tough and are expected to do all
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situation is quite different. People are illiterate. Only primary education is given to boys. Girls are not given any education. No attention is given to their health. The atmosphere is unhygienic. People are unaware of hygienic conditions. Government has to give special attention in this matter. It has to rise the literacy rate and people should be given awareness that girls and bys should be treated equally. Boys and girls should be educated in separate classrooms using different teaching techniques’
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