In Colombia New Year's Eve is celebrated by eating 12 grapes at the stroke of midnight. Firstly, You gather around with your family and pass around 12 grapes to each person. Once midnight has stroken you make a wish with each grape. Resulting with 12 wishes or goals for the New Year. The perception on holidays may differ from person to person. It is influenced by in a large part by the development of one’s personal culture. Culture always has an effect on the way someone may view others and the world by the way people can express their culture or may want to change their culture. In the short story “Everyday Use by Alice Walker” there is an example where the character Dee tries to change her perspective towards education and how her culture
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It showed the different ways in which the girls viewed the outside world, Baharati looked past her heritage and had the upcoming idea of choosing a husband on her own it shows that she viewed the world outside of her native country (Calcutta) as the new opportunities to adapt to a new culture - an American culture. Bharati and Mira grew up with the indian culture where the father is who choses your husband. On the other hand Mira did not adapt to the personal culture that the majority of young american women(Mukherjee 70). For mira the ways and customs surrounding her while growing up where naturally comfortable to her, and she wanted to keep part of her heritage. In fact it's part of culture and human nature where you want to look for safety and security, and she had just found that in India and had no reason to change her ways. She decided that when she retires she would return to
It showed the different ways in which the girls viewed the outside world, Baharati looked past her heritage and had the upcoming idea of choosing a husband on her own it shows that she viewed the world outside of her native country (Calcutta) as the new opportunities to adapt to a new culture - an American culture. Bharati and Mira grew up with the indian culture where the father is who choses your husband. On the other hand Mira did not adapt to the personal culture that the majority of young american women(Mukherjee 70). For mira the ways and customs surrounding her while growing up where naturally comfortable to her, and she wanted to keep part of her heritage. In fact it's part of culture and human nature where you want to look for safety and security, and she had just found that in India and had no reason to change her ways. She decided that when she retires she would return to