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The show “Brain Candy Live!” by Adam Savage, from Mythbusters, and Michael Stevens, youtube channel Vsauce, shows how much theatre adapts to culture. Theatre can be described as live performances in which the action is precisely planned to create a coherent and significant sense of drama (Fraser 1). Now, “Brain Candy Live!” is not a typical theatrical production and can only be described as science theatre where it essentially follows the plot of one big science experiment. In the show, Adam…

Good Morning Class, Egoism is necessary to secure our station at the top of the food chain. It can be dirty and despicable and rarely will someone claim it as core attribute. However, without it, societal evolution would remain stagnant. Technology is an example of how egotism catapulted the world into multifaceted innovation. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were driven by egotism, “I want to make this work” or something similar was likely part of their conversations. These two men are world-class…

Owen uses tone to convey the brutality and bitterness of the many, young deaths as a result of the First World War. One example of his pessimistic attitude is evident in the title itself - ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’. The key words ‘doomed youth’ clearly capture that there was no hope for the fate of his generation, whose destiny, which awaited them, was just to die young. The oxymoronic title signifies that the war was so barbaric, death was an inevitable outcome of it. Another example of Owen’s…

Post-birth Ceremonies Description: Birth Ceremonies in Jainism are associated with rituals and deeds performed before and after the birth of a child. People of Jainism religion sincerely follow all the rites and rituals of the ceremonies because they strongly believe that the performance of these ceremonies would determine the child’s inclination towards his/her cultural values and the prosperity of his/her future life. The Jatakarma and Naming ceremonies are the most significant ceremonies…

Joseph Smith the founder of Mormonism developed a view of the afterlife that was more complex than any other Christian religion. In the Mormon religion their final judgment comes in multiple stages. The first stage begins right after death. The spirit is judged immediately and is assigned to either paradise or spirit prison. Paradise allows the soul peace and rest but spirit prison is the opposite. Spirit prison denies the soul rest. Those in paradise must wait until the times of Christ’s second…

differently all around the world to represent aspects of cultures. Arts being practiced, range from a variety of modifications to the body. Some of the most common type of body art are piercing, tattoos, and scarification. These methods are often used as a rites of passage, aesthetic reasons, religious reasons, and to show self-expression. The three different cultures being talked about are the, Tikopia, Marquesas, and Tsonga. All three cultures use body art through the process of tattooing.…

because her face getting cut and then having a scar means she has lost some of her beauty. Intrapersonally but having a conflict and then realizing she has to move on from it. Her going through this is something young people all over the world face, rites of passage they must go through in order to be functioning members of their society. Many times these ceremonies involve physical scarring or exposing their body to large amounts of stress. After these ceremonies these people can now be…

There are many ways that women have been treated unequally when it comes to religions. One of these ways is how women are not allowed to become religious leaders, but I do not think that it is the worst way that women have been treated. Through Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Christianity and Shinto there are many ways that women are treated unequally that are worse than women not being able to become religious leaders. Women have been treated unequally when it comes to women being able to become…

1.0 Introduction The central teachings of traditional Catholicism are that Jesus is the Son of God, the second person of the Trinity of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; that his life on earth, his crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension into heaven are proof of God 's love for humanity and God 's forgiveness of human sins; and that by faith in Jesus one may attain salvation and eternal life (infoplease.com, 2012). In Catholicism, the term scared means; The holy or divine. The…

Describe your impressions of the culture as you read the story. Did you identify culturally specific meaningful activities, language, and nonverbal behavior? What was your reaction to learning the meaning of the name Nacirema? Even before Dr. Bailey’s post, I connected the community of the Nacirema to that of the Sawi people in Don Richardson’s book. My initial impression of both cultures was the same, shock. However, I was more astonished by the Nacirema people because of their…