Geisha

Only those who fight in a war know how traumatic of an experience it can be and question how they made it out alive. It is hard to adapt from the normal way of life to being in a warzone for months or years. It takes an effect on soldiers’ personalities and they tend to as much as they can to distance their minds from the harsh reality of war. Many civilians have no clue as to the hardships they endure. Tim O’Brien communicates his experience to many through his short story, “The Things They…

After losing his looks and having his heart broken, life became too complicated for Cesar (Eduardo Noriega) to handle, he cryogenically freezes himself, without taking into consideration the consequences of his choice, hoping all his problems could be solved in the future. Directed by Alejandro Amenbar in 1997, Abre Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes) a mystery/science fiction/drama long feature film, speaks of a 25 year old handsome, promiscuous, rich young man called Cesar whose best friend Pelayo (Fele…

"Cultural Appropriation” mean Choosing any effort of intellectual, cultural, artistic or believe, individually or collectively from other cultures and make it as a special effort an unlawful or immoral manner. Illegal Quote intellectual effort extended to ancient history, it is still going on by individuals or institutions, or even political systems. Multiple purposes, known on a personal level, change the culture of minorities by political systems, and change the culture of a society by the…

Disclaimer: In the absence of any dedicated and focused institutions or organizations for this emerging and very sensitive social issue, which is often misquoted and misunderstood, I have had to rely upon and draw conclusions from my interpretations of contemporary writers voicing their thoughts about the issue. A person is born from their culture. It is the first thing they identify with, the first thing they learn about. It is in the first things they say, in the first things they…

Why? There’s a public library in every state full of books waiting to be read. Picking up a book is taking a trip to England to follow Harry on his journey of magic. It’s traveling to Japan on a road of misery and misfortune to become a professional Geisha with Sayuri. You see, all books are written in ways that can’t compare to others because keep in mind characters are different, they are not all crafted by the same hand. While characters show similarities in their journeys, the reader is most…

World war II is considered to be one of the most violent war in history. Throughout the beginning of the war, the United States had stayed neutral. It was not until the bombing at Pearl Harbor caused by the Japanese, that the United States got involved. Hiroshima, written by John Hersey, talks about six lives who lived through the bombing. Hersey was born in Tientsin, China in 1914, where he lived until the age of 11, before moving to the United States. Ever since 1947, he has devoted most of…

In the ancient Greece, where legends of men turned into history such as the mighty Spartans or the Athenians had many vast historical documentations in that time. All about great kings, strong warriors, or generals or lastly intellectual minds like philosophers all have one thing in common they are male. The further into the history of man there was only one question that came up. What about the woman of Sparta and Athens? Delving in discovering how women 's roles were very set or differed…

Japan is a beautiful and interesting country. It is also very old country. When it comes to comparing it to America, there is not much that both countries have in common. Not only is the culture different, but so is the government, the problems it faces and their ideals. First and foremost, Japan does not have the same type of government as us. In America, we have a federal presidential republic. In a federal republic, there are partially self governing states or regions with a constitution…

Comparing two cultures there will always be obvious differences, this couldn’t be any more true when you compeer the United States of America to Japan. On one end of the spectrum you have Japan that has thousands of years of history and deep sense of tradition. Then you have America when put into comparison to Japan. When it comes to age is like a child and American culture is consistently changing and being influenced. I am not saying that Japanese culture has not changed over the years, but…

The Far East Side of American Classrooms American sitcoms often mock societal trends and highlight the best and worst stereotypes of American cultures. Aibel and Berger, writers of the animated sitcom King of the Hill, made a very poignant statement in the episode “Westie Side Story”, when a Laotian family moves into the small Texas community (1997). The main character Hank Hill innocently asks his neighbor, “So, are you Chinese or Japanese?” His neighbor, Kahn Souphanousinphone, replies, “I…