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Culture is a kind of behavior between the interactions of people, groups or individual. It can be differentiating in religion, language, habits, arts and food. In this multi racial society, it is an advantages to get to understand cultural diversity. Interactive between people would help us to improve our communication in order to minimize the conflict between us and the other races. There are different elements of culture, for example: arts, gastronomy, celebrations, and performing arts etc.…

As a hearing individual who had no interaction with the Deaf community prior to enrolling in American Sign Language courses at the University of Pittsburgh, I previously had essentially no knowledge or understanding of Deaf culture. Gradually, I have increased my knowledge and awareness of Deaf culture and the Deaf community, but I have much more to learn because but there are always questions about Deaf culture and community that I still do not know the answer to. For Hearing People Only by…

1. Jonathan Maberry, the author of award-winning book Rot and Ruin, writes this story in a very eye-captivating way including interesting character development and plot through the theme of “Sometimes you have to be the change you want to see”. The story starts off with the protagonist, Benny, hating his brother, Tom, for his cowardly appearance in his first memory of his parents and the zombie-infested, ruin, outside of the encumbrance of the fence. As the story progresses Benny must find a job…

Case Study: Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Background: Gene and Cassie Peterson live with their two children, Michael and Rose, in New York City where Gene works for a large corporation. Cassie’s father, Jared, smoked most of his life and recently passed away from complications of severe emphysema. He was known to have Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, or AAT deficiency. At her father’s funeral, Cassie’s mother, Margaret, suggested that Cassie have herself, Michael, and Rose tested for AAT…

survival. Nanapush want to heal himself in order to heal his people and the earth. He becomes both healed and healer. **He is a trickster figure who protests the injustice of the dominant society. Nanapush acts as a mythological figure, trickster. His name is a reference to Nanabush or Nanabozho who is the Anishinaable trickster and cultural hero. He is responsible for creating and…

This month’s SSR book I read was The Name of the Star, by Maureen Johnson. This book’s publisher is The Penguin Group and the copyright date is 2011. There are 372 pages in this book. The author’s purpose for this book was caused by her fascination for the mysteries of London. She would into dark alleys with her friends and watch footages taken from a Tube train. The theme of the book is fear can’t hurt you. When you experience fear, don’t let it take over you or control what you do. In this…

Chinese is religious and practice and follow the rule of Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism. Believing in luck will bring the good fortune and avoiding in bad luck will protest, the family and negative event in the future. Kingston was an author of “No Name Woman” she disclosed the story of her aunt that got pregnant when her husband was away from town for more than a year. She did not know much of her aunt beyond the broad detail of the story from her mother. She revealed the story of unnamed…

When you boil it down to the most basic point possible, "The Victory with No Name" by Colin G. Calloway essentially tells the historical tale of a prosperous land that is desired by a multitude of people. Of course, that land is now called the state of Ohio and the multiple groups included: Native Americans, British, French, and finally, the post-Revolution Americans. Abiding by the term 'watershed's' differing definitions, in many ways, the volume refers to exactly that - the area of land that…

Baldwin’s point of views are learned throughout his book, No Name in the Street. In this 1972 collection of essays we were assigned to read, Baldwin’s idea on race is described. By the 1970’s, Baldwin seemed to despair and in a way loose hope in race. He had witnessed so much already with before, for example, the assassinations of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, and even Evers. All of these men had been killed because of racial hatred. Baldwin seemed to make race a very important factor for many…

It would be convenient if I could mesh together the Bible and the Koran. It would be convenient if I could say that the God of the Bible is the same God of the Koran. There would be a lot less tension on both sides for some. I simply cannot say that to be true. Through my research on both sides I am convinced that the God of the Bible is not the same God of the Koran. People have worshipped gods since human existence began, but to say that Allah is the same God as Yahweh Elohim of the Bible is…