Culture decides and develops many things about a person point of view. Culture can develop people's point of views on thing like with politics, religion, and the world around them. The most important thing culture can affect is one's point of view is their point of view of other people's culture. I believe that one's culture can affect their point of view on other cultures.
In the story “An Indian Father's Plea” writing by Robert Lake (Medicine Grizzlybear) there are plenty of examples of people's culture affecting their point of view on other people's cultures. The story is about a father, who is Native American, sending a letter to a teacher telling her that his son is not a “slow learner” and she doesn't understand that his son has a different culture than her and was taught things differently than most “normal” kids. One great example of culture affecting one's points of views on others culture in this story is when Medicine Grizzlybear son, Wind-Wolf is being bullied by other kids because …show more content…
The story is about a man from Mexico coming to America with high expectations for the country. The man from Mexico thinks America is the Promised Land and is all sunshine and beaches in America “bodies still several times zones-or centuries-away, and they step into the Promised land” (SpringBoard 63) he thinks America is the Promise Land because in his culture their only experience with American culture is in movies/Tv shows like Terminator 2 and Cops were they make America look like action pack, sunshine filled country. However, in reality when he gets to California it's not blue skies and palm trees like on tv, it’s smoggy from the pollution and billboards advertising items everywhere. So even though it's not a negative point of view like with “An Indian Father’s Plea” his point of view is still altered because of his culture and
In the story “An Indian Father's Plea” writing by Robert Lake (Medicine Grizzlybear) there are plenty of examples of people's culture affecting their point of view on other people's cultures. The story is about a father, who is Native American, sending a letter to a teacher telling her that his son is not a “slow learner” and she doesn't understand that his son has a different culture than her and was taught things differently than most “normal” kids. One great example of culture affecting one's points of views on others culture in this story is when Medicine Grizzlybear son, Wind-Wolf is being bullied by other kids because …show more content…
The story is about a man from Mexico coming to America with high expectations for the country. The man from Mexico thinks America is the Promised Land and is all sunshine and beaches in America “bodies still several times zones-or centuries-away, and they step into the Promised land” (SpringBoard 63) he thinks America is the Promise Land because in his culture their only experience with American culture is in movies/Tv shows like Terminator 2 and Cops were they make America look like action pack, sunshine filled country. However, in reality when he gets to California it's not blue skies and palm trees like on tv, it’s smoggy from the pollution and billboards advertising items everywhere. So even though it's not a negative point of view like with “An Indian Father’s Plea” his point of view is still altered because of his culture and