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Gurinder Chadha directs the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham. Chadha presents culture through her cinematography to enhance the fact that Jess is caught between her passion for soccer and the traditionalism of her culture and the predicaments she faces trying to get her traditional Indian parents to accept her life long dream to become a professional soccer player. Jess, being trapped between her desire for soccer and the traditionalism of her Indian culture is shown through many techniques…

**FIRST SENTENCE ANSWERS QUESTION** Just as experiences of belonging may foster a sense of self-fulfilment and security, so too may experiences contribute to moments of isolation and alienation. Such notions are confirmed through Bhatt’s poem, ‘The One That Goes Away’, Peter Skrzynecki’s poem, ’10 Mary Street’ and Imran Ahmad’s 2007 memoir Unimagined. Although each text is anchored by different contextual influences, each suggests that particular experiences are important in shaping a sense of…

or asking for alms"(Pg. 43-44) Guru 's act as surrogate parents to the Chela 's and keep a household organized, clean, fed, and employed. For example on page 45 there is a hijra named Kamal that said "If you don 't keep you hair covered with your sari, if you don 't cook properly, if the house is not spotlessly clean, for all these things they (guru 's) give you trouble. You can 't just throw your dirty clothes down anywhere, you have to wash them immediately and hang them…

After seeing Mrs. Sen’ s story, a question comes up to my mind: What role does cultural differences play between the life of Mrs. Sen’ s life and the life of Eliot’ s mother? This story is not a single manifestation of Mrs. Sen’ s life as an immigrant woman who is isolated from her own culture. Instead, Lahiri uses Mrs. Sen takes care of Eliot as a clue to show another typical life, which is the life of Eliot’ s mother, a American single mother. Eliot’ s mother shows typical American loneliness…

despite the fact he was not from the same culture. For example, Bharati writes “America spoke to me – I married it – I embraced the demotion from expatriate aristocrat to immigrant nobody, surrendering those thousands of years of “pure culture,” the saris, the delightfully accented English.” In other words, despite the fact that she was accustomed to the Indian culture, she decided she would rather live the American lifestyle and adapt too their culture. Since she did not married a man of her…

According to Mary Price, a lawyer for an advocacy group against mandatory minimums: “Over the past several years, the tone of the discussion about incarceration has changed dramatically. We have come to the realization that our punitive approach to drug crimes is not working and has produced significant injustices” (qtd in Horwitz). Changing America’s approach to crime, specifically drug crimes, and incarceration would allow the country to reduce spending, and overcrowding in prisons. Changing…

Culture is the total system of ideas, values, behaviours, and attitudes of a society commonly shared by most members of a society. According to Statistics Canada, the NHS Profile of 2011 displays that Canada’s population of 32 852 320 is made up of 20.6% immigrants. This also implies that a potential of a fifth of Canada’s population has brought along the characteristics of their practiced culture from their former country. Canada comprises of multiple cultures such as Canadian, English, French,…

A botanist falls in love with a Japanese spirit, but his love for her could cost him his life. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: THOMAS MARTIN (24), a botanist, travels to Japan with his friend EDMUND SAYERS aboard the vessel THE CLOVE manned by CAPTIAN JOHN SARIS (33). He’s on his way to Japan to partake in their trading business and find a plant to cure small pox. When crewmembers parish on the vessel, Thomas recites a prayer. From the ocean, there’s a swirling vortex, SUSANOO, a Japanese God of the Ocean,…

with poor people, it come in relation to the marriages and status that the Indians desire the cast system is broken up into categories the priest being the highest, then farmers and fishermen’s being the lowest. The color the rich women wear are red saris which represents beauty and power and a prosper life that they have. The higher men wear black or grey which represents power intimidating and power as these people would wear to intimidate other lower class with the wealth that they…

Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “There are no facts, only interpretations.” This is very true when we talk about how parts of our culture influences our perceptions. Our perceptions of others and the world around us are so heavily influenced by our beliefs, heritage, and traditions that it sometimes blinds us from being able to view someone else’s perspective. In the story “An Indian Father’s Plea,” by Robert Lake (Medicine GrizzlyBear), the traditions of Robert’s Indian tribe blinds him from…