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Global acceptance is approving of someone else who is different from you. Most can barely accept their own family members let alone people from other countries. One of the hardest lifestyles to accept is the homosexual lifestyle. Some family members who don’t approve of such a lifestyle and that can tear families apart. On a more global scale, being of a different religion can cause numerous quarrels within societies and that leads to even more political issues. Acceptance does not mean that you…

When it comes to the topic of eliminating holidays, most of us will readily agree that these holidays have been around eternally. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of should these American holidays come to their end. Whereas some are convinced that American holidays are a part of history and shaping American culture, others maintain that American holidays only are in favor of a small amount of people. Although various of these holidays honor specific people, these…

Despite the close cultural and historical connection the United Sates has with its European counterparts, there are some distinct differences. Some of these differences may not even be known to many Americans unless they have traveled to Europe themselves. The way we speak, the names we use for certain foods, and especially our laws differ. First and foremost, every traveler should be well informed of the differences in laws of the country they are traveling to; no matter how similar the country…

Have you ever seen the beautiful painting titled Water Lilies painted by the famous Claude Monet? If you haven’t, it’s a really great masterpiece and you should totally check it out at the Art Institute of Chicago! Claude Monet was a famous French artist who was a significant individual during the Impressionist movement. The Impressionist movement dealt with “capturing light and natural forms through art.” Like other impressionist artists such as Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, and…

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down offers an insight into the clash of modern western medicine with the traditional methods and people of another culture, in this case the Hmong. The non-fiction book offers a skillfully written depiction of the plight of the Lee family, one of many Hmong refugees absorbed into the United States following their allied involvement in the “silent war”. A complex and detailed presentation of two disparate cultures without preference for one over…

west was a powerful surge that had the rest of the world scrambling for westernization within its society. Westernization is the expanding and adopting of western culture. Russia, Asia, and Africa after the were byproducts of Westernization. They were kind of forced to adapt to the life of western peoples because of this sudden infatuation in western policies. The whole surge for westernization was partly because of religion, which at this time was a very respected aspect. The leaders of Russia,…

The early Middle Ages, during which the Germanic conquest of western Europe took place, were characterized by rampant warfare, localized government, and relative isolation from bordering societies. Between 800CE and 1200CE, however, the emergence and evolution of settled agriculture across Europe demanded peasant collaboration and adherence to contractual agreements within the manorial system. This movement towards a society of mutual cooperation and legal order was also encouraged by the…

influenced the American culture by promoting individualistic democracy. “The frontier,” he asserted, "is the line of most rapid Americanization." He also expressed that expansion to the American West changed people’s view of their own culture. The western frontier, however, did not appear to be what it seemed like. Turner described in his frontier thesis that the West was a “land of the free”. This was not true for the Native Americans that inhabited the West. At the end of the civil war,…

The constellation Capricornus appeals to me more then the other constellations as it is the depiction of the Capricorn birth sign, which is the sign I fall under. This constellation represents Oannes the sea-goat God of Wisdom in Assyro-Babylonian depictions. The Capricornus is located in the Southern Sky and its name translates to "the goat" in Latin. Delta Capricorni is the brightest star in this constellation and it is the second most faintest constellation in the sky making it very difficult…

“I paint what I see and not what others like to see.” (The Art Story Foundation, 2014) Those are the words of French painter Edouard Manet. This was an artist that believed in creating spontaneous artwork. He believed that artwork should not be confined to one particular guideline, but instead he felt that an artist should paint whatever they feel like painting. He despised the strict conventional rules of the French Academy, who only accepted structured artwork. (The Art Story Foundation,…