One of the most pervasive values in U.S. American culture is individualism‚ and understanding its effects can help illuminate many aspects of the culture. In American culture‚ in order to succeed and achieve one’s personal best‚ one must be strong and independent. In more collective cultures‚ accomplishments and successes may be viewed foremost as an honor to the group‚ for example‚ how it reflects upon one’s family or hometown community. In the US‚ a person’s success is more likely to be attributed
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Brenda Benson Letters to a Young poet by Rainer Maria Rilke Letters 1-5 Letters to a Young Poet‚ letter 1: “No one can advise or help you- no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself.” I believe this advice goes for anyone‚ but I can identify with this. The reason is that you really can’t depend on anyone‚ because the other person will not care for the situation or whatever the way you do. Many of times‚ where I thought I could seek for other for help‚ they hadn’t come
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the pleasure of the living (Sayer‚ Chloë 8). The day of the dead is celebrated on November 1& 2 of every year known to be as All Souls Day. Introduced in the Mexican population by their Aztec indigenous ancestry known not to be afraid of death but to embrace it. Meso-American Indians have strong belief of the afterlife and the underworld that came after death. The day of the dead is celebrated by giving “ofrendas” offerings to the dead on “altares” or alter. This dates back to when Mesoamerican’s
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Discuss W.B. Yeats as a modern poet. Answer:- William Butler Yeats‚ one of the modern poets‚ influences his contemporaries as well as successors‚ such as T.S. Eliot‚ Ezra Pound and W.B. Auden. Though three common themes in Yeats’ poetry are love‚ Irish Nationalism and mysticism‚ but modernism is the overriding theme in his writings. Yeats started his long literary career as a romantic poet and gradually evolved into a modernist poet. As a typical modern poet he regrets for post-war modern world
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are relying on the necessities of society in order to make their lives easier. But these “necessities” come at the cost of feelings‚ individualism‚ and the free-will of mankind‚ ultimately trading off free will for temporary gratification. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World expresses this transformation from the times of the past‚ relying on emotions to govern decisions‚ to the times of the future where technology has an iron grasp on the thoughts and ideas of society. In chapter eleven‚ John has an
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well-developed‚ example of a society lacking morality‚ compassion‚ and individualism. In the beginning of the novel it starts by taking the reader through a series of events that led up to how they produce identical cloned human beings. They are separated by their body type and intellectually. The author shows that the people are made specifically to help benefit the community in many ways. From their “birth”‚ the people in Brave New Worlds society is stripped from their individualism and intelligence and
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fire of London in 1666‚ enable Londoners to remake their cities‚ see http:\\london.allinfo-about.com/features/rebuilding.html. And in 1662 the Royal Society was created to further scientific study. [We will see reason’s role evaluated in Swift’s works. Also‚ "A Modest Proposal" parodies the genre of scientific proposal for which the Royal Society was noted.] This was a period of political and military unrest‚ British naval supremacy‚ economic growth‚ the rise of the middle class‚ colonial expansion
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Dead stars is a short story by Paz Marquez Benitez‚ written in 1925. It is a story about a game of love. A game between three lovers trapped in a situation that might change their life forever. Alfredo Salazar is a lawyer and the main character in the story. He is the love of the life of Esperanza. They have been together for four years and meant to get married in May. Their relationship in the beginning was full of enthusiasm‚ full of love and happiness. But like other long term relationships‚ their
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Dead Languages: Should they stay dead? Everyday languages are dying. This is due to the fact that they no longer become of use to their speakers who would find it more convenient to use more mainstream languages. In many countries‚ languages of cultural significance exist or have existed. In the USA‚ the Native American languages are rapidly disappearing under the influence of the practicality of the English language. In the UK‚ long enduring versions of French‚ such as Norman and Gaelic‚ are
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The Walking Dead (323 words) By Michelle Deleon A sheriff’s deputy by the name of Rick Grimes cautiously walks out of his vehicle amongst vacant cars scattered everywhere on the road. Slowly pacing himself‚ he continues to walk through the calamity of bashed windows‚ rotting bodies‚ and tarnished things. There was no one. Not a sound in the wind and not a soul in sight. He suddenly hears scuffling of feet coming from somewhere. Pausing in his tracks‚ he gently sets his hat down and leans under
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