Compare And Contrast German And American Culture

While we all have to face our own mortality at some point within our lives there is recognition that we each face it in a different way. What causes someone to become more equipped with the ability to handle the death of a love one than someone else is a mystery that is intriguing. Does having the ability to witness more things throughout your lifetime better equip someone with better coping mechanisms? Does culture, religion, or lifespan allows someone to handle their own mortality. In this paper I would like to compare and contrast the differences in the coping styles of younger individuals that have recently lost someone or is faced with a life threatening terminal illness versus someone who is faced with the same ordeal that is of an older age. I want to study if there is an intrinsic nature to the way in which …show more content…
With this article I am attempting to recognize if there is more value placed on culture as a person grows older. This article shows the avoidance of negative expression in times of suffering as the cultural difference between Americans and Germans. Due to the cultural differences that have become so pronounce in American society; there is a notable difference in the way that Germans and Americans express their emotions. In regards to sympathy, research has shown there is an imminence variance in the way someone from American culture processes suffering. While Americans focus on positive expression Germans on the other hand focus on the negative expressions of sympathy. The current study conveys that cultures have expressed different attitudes in what they deem acceptable for expressing sympathetic emotions. It also shows that within the characteristics of an American person there are uneasy emotion associated with negative expression. While one can conclude that the uneasiness to express negative emotions becomes more pronounced with