The Culture

The most important factor, which plays a central role in culture, is allegiance to the family and the Vietnamese society. Children are taught at a very early age to make individual sacrifices to ensure the family’s welfare and harmony. Individual needs are not as important as the needs of the family group. Therefore…

think what he meant on that statement was that even if we could communicate effectively using an inerpreter but there were still so many differences in opinions that the problems would still have existed. What we see as abuse and neglect in our own culture, which can result in losing your child like what happened in the book. It looks like look that's how the Hmongs takes care and show how they loved their children and family . Even if the language barrier was solved, the problem will still…

Introduction This essay will discuss the culture of poverty and how it affects society. Also, it is important to mention how this social problem is addressed by the church in order to perceive how some organizations have been trying to find a solution. All people are in the capacity to see poverty, but the ignorance is taking away the opportunity of people to think critically about the culture of poverty. The culture of poverty is a word that is not often used. It is fundamental for the society…

civilians. In today’s society cultural awareness is a sensitive and argued subject. Culture has many definitions depending on the audience because every interpretation differs throughout the world. Some define culture as, where one was raised others base it on food and some view it as morals and beliefs. Culture can bring people together; it can also cause major conflict. This is why it is important to understand cultures throughout the world. Cultural landscapes can be considered operational…

In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the Umuofia Tribe, of the Igbo people’s, distinct culture is evident from the very beginning of the novel. This culture is made evident primarily through the people’s religious beliefs, unique language, and numerous traditions and rituals. The Umuofia are described as, “powerful in war and in magic, and its priests and medicine men [are] feared in all the surrounding country”, which speaks to the Igbo’s strong religious reputation and community (2.8). They…

teaching someone about your culture and worldview is showing them where you come from and how that has affected you. The three items I would choose to represent these aspects of me would be a lei, a photo of my mother’s house in Laos, and a photograph of Pale Blue Dot. These three items provide a mixture of my personal history as well as an accurate depiction of who I am as a person. The lei represents my upbringing in Hawaii as well as my admiration of the Hawaiian culture. Unfortunately, I…

About the Culture The Eastern culture that I chose for this week’s assignment is the Russian culture. Geographically, Russia is the largest country in the world. About 141,049,000 individuals populate the large area of 6,601,668 square miles. Many of the individuals living in Russia are either Russian decent, Ukrainian, Tatar, Bashkir, Chuvash, and Chechen. Also, of the 5,000 religious Russian community, they are either part…

Fall Down written by Anne Fadiman has been one of the most interesting books that I have ever read. It is a book that informed me about the very interesting Hmong culture and gave me insight on how two cultures can collide because of different values that each one may hold. The book intrigues the reader by introducing the Hmong culture and their beliefs. The Lee family is Hmong family that were refugees and settled down in Merced, California. The members of the Lee family include Foua who was…

The prefix meso originates from the Greek work, middle. Mesoamerican culture, as well as Mesopotamian, sprang up in the heart of their respective locations. Shared regional settlement is only one of the multiple similarities that these two early civilizations share. This essay will discuss not only the similarities of art and architecture, but also will discuss fundamental differences that occur. The Olmec civilization thrived from c. 1500 BC to 400 BC, in the modern day Mexican states of…

Mesoamerica online. Both the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University and The Chicago Field Museum have conducted excavations in multiple parts of Central America. The Peabody Museum's excavation team explore Maya and Aztec culture from Mexico, Honduras, and Nicaragua. While, a big part of the Field…