Emotions and culture

college, I lived in Mainland China and developed my value system based on the eastern culture. Later, I moved to Hong Kong for college. Because of the British colonialism, Hong Kong developed a unique identity with a mixture of eastern culture and western culture. The four years I spent there not only shaped my worldviews but also enhanced my capability of dealing with culture diversity. I can imagine that the culture difference would definitely be a barrier if I work with the children in…

people who go and travel to another country and write about the same place in another point of view. That’s what Evan Osnos, an American teacher who teaches in China did. He traveled with of group of Chinese tourists, after acclimating to the Chinese Culture, to Europe in order to try and form another view of a foreigners’ destination. Osnos, with…

REBT therapist function as teachers and clients are taught skills to deal with problematic situations. This way of teaching is popular to many cultures that place strong emphasis on authority and a direct approach, as well as cultures that place emphasis on reason and thinking (Murdock, 2013). With Ana’s Guatemala cultural background and a family who is hard working and education driven, Ana may benefit from this type of therapy as is provides…

INTRODUCTION I read ‘Road to Mecca’ in Indonesia version. ‘Jalan ke Makkah’ was translated by Fuad Hashem. Although it is in Indonesia, it makes me more understand and feel the story rather than in English version. However, there is a little bit difficult for me to digest certain Indonesian word. But it is not hinder me to follow the story and the lesson that the writers want to enlighten. I learn a lot of lesson from the journey of Muhammad Asad. Although in the beginning of my reading, I feel…

Ruled by the Emotions Once we start loving someone, we never treat them the same as others. Along with other people, we can also get strong feelings towards animals. In the article “Let Them Eat Dog,” Jonathan Safran Foer provides a critical point of view on the contemporary taboo about eating dog. On the other hand, comedian Rob Delaney gives us an insight to struggles of various kinds of addicts in his essay “Drugs Will Kill Your Friends.” Writing about controversial themes by using the…

Music has been around since the beginning of time. It is everywhere you go and it will never go away. Music is a sense of communication, it provides a way to express the emotions one is feeling and it even has the ability to alter emotions and lift one 's spirits. All of the different ways music effects the lives of people today are unique and priceless. Where would the world be without music? It has been scientifically proven that if we are feeling anxious or depressed music may be able to…

I believe I am tapping into subjects that I may not have addressed in a very long time, or even ever within the multicultural class. I never stopped to think about how slavery, discrimination, prejudices, biases, all began within the United States, and world altogether. This week, I was able to read more about indigenous rights and individuals. There are many issues that our country face, and to know that discrimination is still in effect is sad. My grandfather is of the Jamaican descent. He…

Han Shaogong captures the emotion and experiences of the Cultural Revolution, and the Down to the Countryside Movement from the perspective of an educated youth in his novel, “A Dictionary of Maqiao.” In the novel, the reader follows an educated youth as he travels to the countryside as a part of Mao’s “Down to the Countryside Movement.” The “Down to the Countryside Movement” was an effort by Mao Zedong to eradicate the anti-bourgeois thinking that he believed was prevalent in his country. Mao…

people in other words their religions or their culture. As I read the introduction I realized it was about Harlem, which is located only a couple stops from home. Then I wondered what kind of cultural events have happened in Harlem, instantly I thought of the word diversity. In New York, there are many people that come from different backgrounds, they come to comfort themselves with what they believe. The question shouldn’t be what how many cultures are there? The question is how is it that…

similarities; however, both meet at the same intersection –space. As written by Joseph Palis (2008) in his dissertation Cinema Archipelago: A Geography of Philippine Film and the Postnational Imaginary, he pointed out the cinematic representation of local cultures,…