Why do you like puppies? I know it is a weird question but really why do you like puppies. Is it because they are extremely fluffy and adorable? Or is it because culturally you just love them? But can also be that you love them because at nine years old you got your first dog. A person’s culture influences how people view the world and others sometimes. One’s culture helps one judge what is right or wrong. But actual life experiences can also influence why people view certain aspects of life the way they do. Sometimes culture can influence the way one views others and the world. In this interview/essay written by Kristen Lee, “Multiculturalism Explained In One Word: Hapa” the interviewee says, “I’d choose ‘HAPA’ it means half Asian and half another race. It’s actually Hawaiian that I picked up in college. It’s meant to be slightly derogatory but I embrace it…” (Lee 41). While the word is a part of her culture negatively she doesn’t take it like that. She as a person understands who she is and doesn’t let her culture
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In the short story, “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker she says, “The truth is, I said, I promised to give them quilts to Maggie, for when she marries. She gasped like a bee stung her, Maggie can’t appreciate these quilts!” (Walker 64). She all of her life didn’t like it so when she left home she became a totally different person so she wouldn’t allow her culture to change how she viewed the world and others. This story argues that culture has nothing to do with your perspective on the world. “I use the universal language of food, and my mother’s Swedish dish: rice pudding… I am too mixed into the U.S. melting pot.” (Lee 42). This part of this interview defends the claim that culture always impacts how you view the world. And while this is sometimes true the things you experience as you grow up also impact how you view the world and the people in
In the short story, “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker she says, “The truth is, I said, I promised to give them quilts to Maggie, for when she marries. She gasped like a bee stung her, Maggie can’t appreciate these quilts!” (Walker 64). She all of her life didn’t like it so when she left home she became a totally different person so she wouldn’t allow her culture to change how she viewed the world and others. This story argues that culture has nothing to do with your perspective on the world. “I use the universal language of food, and my mother’s Swedish dish: rice pudding… I am too mixed into the U.S. melting pot.” (Lee 42). This part of this interview defends the claim that culture always impacts how you view the world. And while this is sometimes true the things you experience as you grow up also impact how you view the world and the people in