Foot binding

I would describe that our patriotism is the value we hold dearest. This is an essential American identity, which was and will forever be the core binding factor among Americans. Another point of pride for Americans is our wonderful diversity. I would explain to Germans that America has people from many different backgrounds living, working, and going to school together. Americans strive to continue…

Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex depicts a story of a young, prideful man who becomes the King of Thebes; meanwhile ignoring an inevitable prophecy of killing his birth father Laius and marrying his mother Jocasta. During the play, the author emphasizes Oedipus’s tragic flaw of being unaware of himself or his true identity. His ignorant and stubborn behavior both contribute to the irony behind the words inscribed on the temple at Delphi: “know thyself “. Oedipus does not know himself because he is…

A lot of cultural traditions originated during the Song dynasty. Between 750 and 110, the population doubled. Advances in agriculture and technological and scientifically inventions were the cause of this growth. Foot binding became popular in all social classes, because it was perceived as a symbol of the Chinese beauty. (Wang 11) Before the Song Dynasty, the Chinese ate wheat, millet and drank wine. During the Song Dynasty, rice and tea became the dominant food and…

Considering the evaluation of a high-tension area, such as the hand, treatment is guided by initial control of bleeding, prevention of infection, physical assessment, obtaining a health history, allergies, current medications and tetanus immunization history. Primarily, a focused assessment for the presence or absence of tendon, vascular or nerve damage, taking wound measurements, exploring the mechanism of injury and the length of time since the initial injury is paramount. As might be…

England with the fashion of corseting- even though the binding of the rib cage is extremely unhealthy, it was still found beautiful by individuals because society deemed it beautiful, even today this trend is seemingly still around, although modified many women use a waist trainer in order to thin the waist area (Body Modification through a Sociologist 's Eyes). Another trend that existed like this was in feudal japan with the practice of foot binding, where a young woman’s feet would be broken…

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby is considered by literature critics to be the “Great American Novel” with the only other work considered to be of the same caliber being Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn. Yet what makes a “Great American Novel” one may ask? A Great American Novel has to show the reader the culture of America at a specific time period. And F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Novel The Great Gatsby shows us the negative effects of American Society’s Notions of Materialism and the…

The concept of rule of law (ROL) was made popular in the 19th century by a British jurist called A. V. Dicey. The rule of law can be defined as the legal principle that a nation should be governed by the law, instead of being governed by decisions of individual that are the government officials. Basically, the law is subjected to every person in the country, the law that exercises limitation upon one’s behaviour including those who serve as government officials. The law has the utmost power and…

Prologue 2015 -- Villa Forenza Senior Apartments Las Vegas, Nevada When the EMTs found ‘Crazy Ava’ and placed her on the stretcher, her eyes were dazed and unresponsive. Almost as if, she had been frozen that way for hours without any discernible awareness of the outside world. Early this morning, her usual sour expression was replaced with something agonized. Her mouth, draped half-open and her breath, once again, smelling like dog shit. But, clearly in an unresponsive stupor that…

“My Brilliant Friend” by Elena Ferrante and “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan” by Lisa See are bildungsroman novels which follow the journeys of two young girls stuck in the lower class of patriarchal societies, who both attempt to free themselves from their confinements and achieve self-actualisation. Abraham Maslow defines self-actualisation as “the desire for self-fulfilment, namely the tendency for him (the individual) to become actualised in what he is potentially.” In his theory proposed in…

Baralek Gadang - Traditional Wedding Procession of Minangkabau Indonesia is acknowledged for its cultural and ethnic diversity. This diversity became one of Indonesia's attractiveness in the eyes of the world. One part of Indonesian culture is the traditional wedding party. All elements of the wedding procession started from the customary fashion, wedding decorations, to the procedures for meaningful tradition, offers its own uniqueness. As one of the tribes with the largest population in…