Western world

contemporary western genre. The main character, Frank Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen), is a professional rider in the Buffalo Bill Wild West show that relies on his equestrian skills to make money as a long distance rider. Hopkins’ horse, Hidalgo, is a “low-breed’ mustang that provides an unorthodox and individualistic view of horse racing in comparison to the master breed of Arabic horses in the “Ocean of Fire” race across the Najd desert. Hopkins self-reliance is part of the singularity of the…

through the CBC broadcast when the games began. The Canadians, in essence, were proud of their progress stances against those that are homophobic like Russia, thus creating a divide that formulated two categories: those that followed the progressive Western idea of equality and those that were homophobic like Russia. This demonstrates the Canadian political response indicating their foreign policy on homophobia. The Canadian response is a perfect case study that exemplifies the existence of the…

follow the demands of males. They don’t have exposure to gender equality and feel that it is their duty to follow orders from males. Studies show that male dominance has existed for many years as it is rooted deeply in a lot of societies around the world. (Muhammad, 22). It has been a part of these communities for so long those women don’t know any better than to follow it. “Women who are unemployed, illiterate and living in impoverished conditions have an even higher risk of being a victim.…

brilliant mind as she expanded Russia in a myriad of ways geographically and economically. Her expansion was not a unique idea but she led her military with the values of amelioration and westernization and ultimately expanded to be noted by modern western countries. She began the expansion of Russia by Turkey, declaring war on Russia in October of 1768. The war became calm and wasn’t a persistent issue until 1784. In 1784 a treaty was signed and Russia officially gained Turkish land,…

Social influences by the majority is believed to be a basic human need in order to feel connected to the world and accepted by it. Novelist, Doris Lessing, gives her opinions on the topic with her work, “Group Minds,” in which she challenges those who have the knowledge of how humans can be influenced and teach it in schools, so that it may better the current lives of western society. It’s commonly said, “knowledge is power,” but Lessing is expressing her opinions on the topic in a similar way…

Civilizations argument is based off of racism, western bias, and white supremacy; moreover, another form of xenophobia and reasoning for quarrelling conflicts. Due to the fact that many look at his argument and see it as having valid and plausible points, his argument could expectedly set up the reality of society. These ideas and beliefs are already present in today’s society; therefore, Huntington’s words have…

(Jenkins 2006, 13). A fundamental reason given for many global South churches to adopt a more literal approach to Scriptural authority is that the Bible is seen to address the real-world social issues that are central to their daily experiences. An illustration of this is gardening. People in the south…

the world around them, from the ancient sagas and oral traditions to the establishment of religious doctrine and canonical law. As the mindsets of societies evolve over the centuries, several issues remained until the last few centuries. The inequity of gender across Civilisations globally and the homogenous societies and dehumanisation over other ethnicities. As these matters were prevalent during the twentieth century resulting in the change of national values, primarily within the Western…

many difficulties the indigenous people of Rhodesia faced in the 1960s. English colonization resulted in a radical shift within the local education systems. Rather than learn about their own history, local children were taught about the greatness of Western culture. Due to this educational shift, Rhodesian children struggled to understand their identity amongst the old traditional ways of their parents as well as the new “enlightened” ways brought by their colonizers. This struggle for dual…

the West views as depression in the East is actually happiness. In order to change these cultural beliefs, the Western civilization is putting the Eastern civilization through depression, much like it does the elephants. In Charles Siebert’s “An Elephant Crackup?” Siebert analyzes the reason for animal distress, leading it to humans. While the Buddhists view happiness as external, Western civilizations view it as internal while animals view it as a mixture of both…