Culture is a crucial part of the conflict and struggling resolve. Cultures are the root of individuals that defines their lives, relationships and different perspectives, decisions and philosophies of self and other. Cultures are powerful and defined, but often they can be insensible and lead to influencing conflicts in indiscernible ways. Polish-American author Eva Hoffman's autobiography, "Lost in Translation" reflects the differing cultural and emotional changes an individual goes through due to migrating from their own country to a new and unique culture. In the book, the author describes the emotional agony she went through while moving to Canada and how tough it is for someone to adjust and adapt to a new culture. This paper will be
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Culture is so much more than that. Culture is an element identity that different groups share like race, nationality, or ethnicity. Culture evolves from generations of evolution, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, specific abilities and disabilities, religious and political regulations, language, etc. No matter the origin, any culture has two major characteristics (Gudykunst and Kim, 2005, p.83). Firstly, culture is always changing. Cultures resemble the figurative dimension of life. This unidentified and figurative dimension is where we pass our identities to our next generations. Culture is passed on to generations by specific cultural messages. Groups share information through these cultural messages, which defines our identity, our environment and most probably our origin. Cultural messages are specific for different groups. Not every group share the same cultural views or messages. Over time and generations, these messages or perspectives evolve, change and upgrade. As a result, culture can be compared to the water the fishes swim in. Culture is always shifting, because through generations, many new dynamic sets of information, and perceptions arrive, thus merging …show more content…
From Eva's perception of the polish culture, it is clear that the culture lacks self-direction and security issues. Polish culture lacks independent thoughts, actions, safety, social ability, and accordance. When Eva wrote the book, the situation in Poland was not stable or safe. Most of the Polish Jews were migrating to Israel. They had to leave their home due to war and political issues. In the extract, Eva shows a strong emotion towards her homeland, but she still cannot live there. This shows her lack of self-direction. The polish culture has a strong traditional background which shows respect, acceptance of different customs, commitment, obedience, loyalty, and concerns of one's religion or culture being imposed on others. The Polish-Jew community always shows respect and obedience toward Mr. Rosenberg, because of his high status. The way that he helps the community shows that the polish culture is obedient and benevolent. Canadian culture is stated as stronger than the polish culture in terms of social power, wealth, administration, national security, success, and influence. Eva moved with her whole family to Canada because it shows security and high possibility of achieving success. Both of the families have different values, even though both of them are polish families. The Rosenberg family has adjusted to the Canadian culture, so it does not maintain a pure polish background. The
Culture is so much more than that. Culture is an element identity that different groups share like race, nationality, or ethnicity. Culture evolves from generations of evolution, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, specific abilities and disabilities, religious and political regulations, language, etc. No matter the origin, any culture has two major characteristics (Gudykunst and Kim, 2005, p.83). Firstly, culture is always changing. Cultures resemble the figurative dimension of life. This unidentified and figurative dimension is where we pass our identities to our next generations. Culture is passed on to generations by specific cultural messages. Groups share information through these cultural messages, which defines our identity, our environment and most probably our origin. Cultural messages are specific for different groups. Not every group share the same cultural views or messages. Over time and generations, these messages or perspectives evolve, change and upgrade. As a result, culture can be compared to the water the fishes swim in. Culture is always shifting, because through generations, many new dynamic sets of information, and perceptions arrive, thus merging …show more content…
From Eva's perception of the polish culture, it is clear that the culture lacks self-direction and security issues. Polish culture lacks independent thoughts, actions, safety, social ability, and accordance. When Eva wrote the book, the situation in Poland was not stable or safe. Most of the Polish Jews were migrating to Israel. They had to leave their home due to war and political issues. In the extract, Eva shows a strong emotion towards her homeland, but she still cannot live there. This shows her lack of self-direction. The polish culture has a strong traditional background which shows respect, acceptance of different customs, commitment, obedience, loyalty, and concerns of one's religion or culture being imposed on others. The Polish-Jew community always shows respect and obedience toward Mr. Rosenberg, because of his high status. The way that he helps the community shows that the polish culture is obedient and benevolent. Canadian culture is stated as stronger than the polish culture in terms of social power, wealth, administration, national security, success, and influence. Eva moved with her whole family to Canada because it shows security and high possibility of achieving success. Both of the families have different values, even though both of them are polish families. The Rosenberg family has adjusted to the Canadian culture, so it does not maintain a pure polish background. The