Culture Shock Essay

people, the language, the food, the sight, the smell and an entirely new culture. Although most of the people who travel abroad experience some degree of culture shock, it is nothing to be afraid of. In fact, experiencing culture shock can be a very positive thing as it gives you the opportunity to learn about yourself, adapt to the new surroundings, understand different kinds of people, widen your horizons about different cultures that inhabit this planet and emerge as a global citizen. As an…

very different. The paper will look at my experience in United States in depth, both the positive experience and the negative experience. It will also look at what Americans expected from me and my culture, how these expectations affected our relationship, the assumptions which Americans have on my culture and how true or false they are, the forms of pressure to conform to the American norms and the opportunities which I felt were open to me in the United States.…

“The Question of Hu” is a novel wrote by Jonathan Spencer, a British-born American historian. The book tells a story of John Hu, a Chinese widower who is a lowly but religious Catholic, accompanied a French Jesuit missionary Foucquet in 1722 as a copyist and assistant, on a journey to France. During the journey, Hu acted bizarrely and ended up confined in a lunaitc asylum in Charendon. My goal in this paper is to explain that Hu is not truly insane, his problem is a result of misunderstanding…

The fact that Americans are only limited to learning English as the common language directly affects my personal life as well as my professional future due to my native tongue being Spanish. My mother was the one who originally taught me English, as well as my grandfather who was a U.S. Marine and would always speak English to all of my family. My mother was an English teacher so that facilitated my learning experience as well as fixing accent and grammatical errors. Coming to America I…

filmed under false pretenses without the realization that Borat is an actor, and their reactions and thoughts that you see in the movie, are genuinely theirs. With this in mind, many of the situations and scenes in the movie reflect poorly on American culture as a whole. That is why it is shocking to view things such as a group of University of South Carolina fraternity guys who tell of their less than modern views on women to Borat, who they believe shares their beliefs. Another great example…

Nirvana, not only paved the way for many alternative musicians, but was also one of the key figures within the underground grunge scene. The grunge scene was a counterculture subculture composed of young rebellious teenagers against the American pop culture. Later on, I became a part of the heavy metal subculture, known for its even heavier guitar riffs and “metalheads”. Bands like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin created this counterculture subculture, and greatly influenced my personality and…

Our culture defines us at a young age and it is engrained within us without choice. With the help of understanding this and evaluating how this affects our perceptions of other cultures, we can also understand how other cultures look at us as well. The writing Body Ritual by Miner puts into perspective of how we view our culture or how other cultures may view ours. There are different practices and rituals that can seem odd and our norms dictate and affect our understanding of them. We can…

Bonfil Batalla’s book, Mexican Profundo: Reclaiming a Lost Civilization, highlights the struggles of the Mesoamerican culture in the past and present. The author provides an insightful look at two different civilizations that have occupied Mexico throughout the centuries. Batalla named these two civilizations the Mexico Profundo and the imaginary Mexico. He explains how these civilizations have major differences that restrict their ability to coexist peacefully together. This book provides a…

Culture is the shared experience of beliefs, values, norms and practices of a group of people that have been created and learned through enculturation (Guest, 2014). Cultures can be distinct by different demographics like religion, race, media, age, as well as ambiguous in those aspects. As well, cultures include distinct cuisine, dance, music, behaviors, and more. For a lot of people around the world, culture is a means of identity because it creates a sense of community and lifestyle.…

The article Body Ritual among the Nacirema by Horace Miner is about culture and rituals. Culture is defined as “a system of ideas, values, beliefs, knowledge, norms, customs, and technology shared by almost everyone in a particular society” (Basirico, Cashion, and Eshleman 99). In other words, it’s a way of life in society or a specific geographical area. According to the author, Nacirema is between the Canadian Cree, the Yaqui, and Tarahumare of Mexico, which offer the readers some insight of…