Relic

doctors also thought that applying leeches to the skin of the victims to purge the body of illness. Doctors were not the only people involved with the illness the church had a part in the medical field to. Priests would have people come in church where relics of saints were kept in hope that it .would heal (Truitt 16). After The Black Death the medical advances changed new technology and knowledge helped to discover new diseases and ways to treat them. At first the practice of dissecting…

Each of the stakeholders have a role to play within the restorative process in order for the healing to begin. For the victim, being victimized takes away a sense of control. In order to recover, the victim must regain that sense of social control, often through the emotional power given through a facilitated discussion with the offender (Morrison, 2016). Offenders on the other hand, must repair the lost trust with both the community, and the victim. In order to do so, they must take…

for holding onto the flawed past is paralleled by the townspeople as they expect Emily to uphold aristocratic ideals of the past even as society gradually modernizes. The townspeople attempt to hold onto history by exalting Emily as a nostalgic relic of a greater past. To older members of society who attend Emily’s funeral, history is seen as “a huge meadow which no winter never quite touches” rather…

The article “Why Do Language Die?” by Noah Tesch reminds me a conversation that I had with a Cherokee when I visited a Cherokee preservation festival several years ago. The young man I have talked with had told me that they are demanded from the government to adapt the endangered Cherokee culture into their everyday lives, which include their younger generations to learn Cherokee languages along with English. Languages are not only a way to communicate, they also represent different cultural…

This document will describe two minority cultural populations living within Washington State, Japanese and Hispanic or Latino, embracing three conventional characteristics, family, arts, and holidays; in addition to similarities and differences, finally, application in the classroom. Japanese Japanese culture is abundant and diverse, dating back to 10,000BC when the Jomon immigrate originally colonized in Japan; it is universally recognized for its traditional arts in addition to its…

Not only can similarities be found between architectural structures throughout history, but there is also a correspondence between some pyramids and constellations. For example, the three Pyramids of Giza align perfectly with the three stars of Orion’s belt. Other interesting facts about the Pyramids of Giza include the size of the pyramids, the positions of the pyramids, and the weight of the stones. It was determined that the size the Pyramid of Giza corresponds almost perfectly with the…

courage and protection from heaven. Buddhist monks were eager, because they wanted to obtain more information about Buddhism, where it is originally originated from to their own language. Furthermore, it want to spread their belief/faith rapidly. Relics help us to honor and to keep connected from what was sacrificed. As in Christian case, they take in holy communion as a reminder of Jesus sacrifice. The Kushan artist wanted to represent the diverse range and the similarity that were…

Racal Relations in Cuba Mark Sawyer does an excellent job in determining and documenting the racial climate of Cuba in his book, Racial Politics in Post-Revolutionary Cuba. Using ethnographic methods of personal interviews and surveys helped to garner a more accurate analysis of what is really the racial atmosphere for Afro-Cubans and their counterparts the White Cubans. In determining if I preferred Chapter’s 5 or 6 as more informative and persuasive about life on a daily basis in Cuba, was…

Hatshepsut Seated (ca, 1473-1458), of the first major female Pharaoh to reign Egypt, depicts her occupying the throne. The artist unspecified, she is shown a lone figure sitting in a non atypical representational manner. This style in which Hatshepsut Seated is modeled is not so unlike other works for male pharaohs, symbolic of her coronation to power. One might assume that the work represents a mere continuation to the stylistic traditions of Ancient Egyptian art. However, the de rigueur…

“Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction” (Erich Fromm). In The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man written by Dashiell Hammett, Hammett displays the high increase of criminal activity that takes place during the prohibition era in the United States. In Hammett’s novels, the characters’ monetary greed leads to negative consequences. As a result of their monetary greed, the characters face death, in-humanity, and…