The Two Cultures

Some of their customs that they normally do are weird to you. Why is that? Culture that is introduced to a certain individual can change someone’s point of view. Culture is the behaviors and belief characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group. “Two Ways to Belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee show that people in the same culture can have different point of views due to being exposed to another culture, “What is Cultural Identity” by Elise Trumbull and Maria Pacheco talks about…

Dendi, born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, is a married mother of two, said that she’s been living in the United States for twenty-five years. Mexico has an abundance of violence and poverty, so her family moved here for better economic opportunities. She said that living here is a better way of living, especially when you are raising children. The five most important values of the Mexican culture are the love and respect for the family, especially the elders, the language, food, traditional music,…

Reticence is a view found in many cultures in the world. There is a large difference in reticent behavior between Korean and American people, but this is not a bad difference. A reticent person is defined by the Webster’s Third New International Dictionary as someone who is, “inclined to keep silent or uncommunicative… restrained in expression, presentation, or appearance.” Reticence is something that every culture has, one way or another. Korean people tend to be more formal, quiet, and polite,…

the disorientation of the Portuguese when they encountered peoples and culture extremely different from that of their own. Fundamentally, this letter is a description, to the king of Portugal, on the ways in which native culture and lifestyle works. Actually, in the letter written by Pêro Vaz de Caminha, he describes both attributes of what makes up culture, material and non-material culture. First, being the material culture which consists of the physical creations developed– such as clothing,…

The Unidimensional Model of Acculration suggested that individuals can only maintain a single culture within oneself and therefore when moving into a foreign culture, individual must discard his culture of origin and adapt the host culture. If he cannot do that, he cannot fit in with the society and will lead in the increase of negative emotions and behaviours. This model used to be the predominent theory of acculturation in the United States in the 20th century, but becoming less accurate in…

to move and he did it again. So one day, she told him to stop and he stared at her in silence. Then over the next two years, he kept harassing and making threats to her and then he asked her to marry him but she said so no. So one day, he decided to pour acid over her body and the acid went all over her face, arms, hands and also in her eyes which made her permanently blind. Then two weeks after the attack on her, he turned himself in and explained that he did it because he loved her and he…

The Educator must never display anything that may be considered a bias. All students should be treated fairly and equally. Examples of effective ways to reinforce cultural equality would be the incorporation of important figures in individual cultures into the lesson plan. For example while giving a lecture of the World War 1 acknowledging and elaborating on the contribution of Black-American solders such as the famed and highly decorated Harlem Hellfighters, whose heroic efforts on behalf…

The cultural diversity in America is at an all-time high, with a number of cultures migrating their way to the land of the free. Throughout this integration of these different cultures into our society, an important constant has remained: Marriage. Marriage is a socially recognized relationship that may involve physical and emotional intimacy as well as legal rights to property and inheritance. (Guest p.360) Marriage has, and always will be the unification of man and woman as loving partners who…

Culture is defined as the sum of attitudes, customs, and beliefs that distinguishes one group of people from another. Culture is an enormous part of an individual’s life considering it defines who they are and how they live. Culture is how someone forms decisions and what they base their ideals off of. Culture is the main influence on a person’s perception on the world and others because of the experiences and heritage. In “What is Cultural Identity,” by Elise Trumbull and Maria Pacheco, they…

perspectives on others cultures, and the outward perceptions on each culture. Documents two and four focus on what cultural borrowing does to help grow governments. Documents one, three, and five discuss how the perspective of each country from the outside can help or hurt each economy through trade or the lack there of. Cultural borrowing advanced many cultures by sharing ideas and being able to modify them to fit their particular society. This can help less developed cultures develop faster by…