At the beginning of the novel, the reader finds it hard to comprehend present day America as a small and weak nation. That view is because of the way that the USA is viewed today. Present day, the USA is viewed as a strong and powerful country because if its backing by countless allies and the amount of nuclear bombs it holds in its power. Since the USA holds so much power nowadays, the reader would assume that the country had also been like this. However, Joseph Ellis does provide the reader with imagery showing the fragility of the new country.…
Throughout my life I have lived in three cultural distinct regions Lima Peru, White Plains New York and Baltimore Maryland. For the first two years of my life I lived in Lima, Peru and even though I never culturally adapted myself into the culture I would often visit for months and immerse myself into the culture. I can say with confidence that if I grew up in that culture I would not my be the same person I am today because of the fact that they are a collectivistic country and that would change my outlook on myself and the community around me. At around my second birthday my family and I decided to move to the United States in search of a better quality of life. While most of my family live in Baltimore, Maryland my father had already established himself in White Plains, New York a…
Defining what American culture is today can be somewhat difficult in today’s society. American culture is always fluctuating. The United States has traditionally been referred to as a "melting pot," welcoming people from many different countries, and hoping to find a better means of life. However, others refer it to as a “Salad”; the ingredients are there, but not everything mixes well. America is full of rich culture, but not every person living in America understands cultures besides their own.…
I was brought up in a middle-class, organized household. My mom is Dominican, so along with being raised in an American household, I had a good taste for spanish culture as well. But at age ten culture didn't have much impact on me; I didn’t understand the difference in culture. My…
The idea and shaping of the Great Turtle Island or so called ‘Americas’, was a long-lasting period characterized with a lot of transformational changes. The period known as ‘the colonial era’ was a period characterized with massive changes, as well as the people immigrating from all four different continents: Europe, Africa, South America and North America. The interaction and “unity” among the different majorities, were people dependent on classification like race, class and gender. The arousal of the concept ‘liberty’ and the concrete interpretation of what ‘freedom’ meant is explicitly emphasized throughout the colonial period. The contact between the Americas and Europe started as a byproduct of the need for the sea route useful for trade…
Being a Mexican American, you are born and raised in the United States with Mexican blood. At home you live in your deep Mexican culture and at school you’re surrounded by American culture. With my Spanish not being perfect and neither is my English. Many from my culture judge me for loving the US, and many Americans criticize me for being “too Mexican.” I’m torn between two worlds of a deep rooted culture and a new founded one.…
Dear Mrs.Jennings, I, Washita/Dr.Mike, would like for you to convey my truths about the Native Americans, as well as how they have helped me help society. The Native Americans are people just like you and I. They have lived on this land, and had no need to claim it for their own self-interests. For the people of this community, though most, yet not all, have a hatred or distrust for the people that they know little about. I have known the Native Americans for an extended amount of time, which has granted me mutual trust and love with the true people of America.…
Sometime, I believe the existence of life is just a tragedy. It is not what happening to my life or to those around me that effecting me deeply – it is the external forces that I have no control over or the inability for me to make a different to the situation. Every day, I see bad things happen in the world, especially the thing that happen to the innocent children and the unborn babies. Granted, not all babies are cute or healthy when they were born, but nonetheless, they are innocents. Why do they have suffered at the hand of the adults: the one that created them, the one that meant to take care of them, the one that support to sacrifice for them?…
America is a very liberal nation in terms of lifestyle. Although unique in its culture, some nations disapprove of the common way of life in the United States. There are many stereotypes about Americans that foreigners believe to be true. Other than the obvious difference in accent, their appearance and the way they carry themselves, Americans are known for being proud of their freedom and often boast about how they live in the best place on earth. Obesity is known to be a prominent issue in America and across the world.…
1. Based upon the current week's lectures, what did it mean to be an American in the early part of the 19th Century, prior to the Civil War? (200 word content minimum for this post to count.) The meaning of being an American is receiving liberty, freedom and equality.…
As a child my heritage and parents background never really interested me nor was I informed of it, my family on the other hand would somewhat taunt me for not embracing my Hispanic heritage in full arms or how I was a "Gringa"- translation a white girl. However, as a child I believed I had valid reasoning behind ignoring my heritage and neglecting my family's prominent traditions and sacrifices. When I peeked at the age of 10, I was in elementary school, when the idea of social classes and racial perception really struck me, children oddly loved to discussed their parents jobs and what was I to tell them? How was I - a child going to explain to privileged suburbanized children how domestic working actual works? When my peers boasted with joy of their parents a-typical jobs at cubical offices what was I to say?…
While growing up between two cultures, I struggled a lot because I would often be confused about how to behave and mainly about where I belong. Sometimes I agreed with more with American values like independence and vice versa. This would create problems between my family and me. Regarding religion, my mother is Catholic like the rest of her family and my father identifies as Catholic as well but was not a church person like…
Culture is a way of life shared by people in a society. Culture is exceptional, although it may have other things in common with other cultures. Culture is all about religion, food, dressings, language, and music, believes, greetings, behavior, and other things. According to Live Science, the United States is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Nearly every region of the world has influenced American culture, as it’s a country of immigrants.…
There are so many different cultures in the world from Japanese cultures, to Chinese cultures, to even our very own American cultures. I will talk about American culture, even though there are many sub-cultures in the American culture I will try to narrow it down. American cultures for us is the normal things we do; we tend to think that everyone does the same things that we do in our everyday life. For example, from driving on the right side of the road to even eating with forks and knives. Everyone’s culture is so different, and we usually sit and judge others cultures without knowing about them.…
When my parents go grocery shopping, my mother is most likely going to cook Italian food and my father is going to cook Mexican food. They both share similar norms of socialization. Even though the Italian and Mexican cultures are different, my mother and father both get the ingredients they need in order to make the dishes they want within their cultures. They are still going grocery shopping in American stores. The reality is, both of my parents intend to preserve their culture in many ways they can.…