Essays about Culture Page 49

Alcohol use in our culture is pervasive with effects that reach into many aspects of society and can also be seen within every level of Bronfenbrenner’s model. In many cases, exposure to alcohol, and the permissive use of it, occurs first in the home or with immediate family in the microsystem. The use within that…

Different social, professional, and cultural contexts may affect relationships and the way people communicate due to a lack of understanding or knowledge of one another’s background and culture. This could be through their race, religion, ethnicity, or where they come from. Each one of these can have similar or very different ways to communicate. For…

In Ecuador, there is a great diversity in not only the ancestry of the people, but the land, food, and even the animals. With a population of 16,942,196 people, Ecuador makes up approximately 0.22% of the Earth’s population . Between the 16 million plus people about 12 recognizable languages are spoken, Spanish being the official,…

The German middle class is tiny. About 75% of Germans fall into the lower class. It includes the working class and the under class (factory workers and jobless people). The upper class contains just about all very wealthy people, much more than 1%. The middle class is for those who are in between upper and…

Identity has become very prominent in American culture in recent years. What one looks like; where one comes from; and how one talks, are the superficial indices that many use to peg one into one group or another. However, what many do not take into account is that identity is not something that comes so…

At the end of the XV century, the Atlantic Ocean has not yet been crossed by anyone or it wasn’t known about someone who did it. The trips that now take us a few hours, at that time could last for months That why for this kind of trips intelligent and brave men are required…

During the Golden Age of Hollywood, one particular star stands out compared to the rest. Gene Kelly, a man who can be regarded as a creative genius that changed the way people approached film musicals. Kelly altered the way film musicals were made by taking on the responsibility of being a performer, choreographer, and a…

Look at me, I’m beautiful and I don’t have the perfect, proportionate nose. Look at me, I’m beautiful and I don’t have an hourglass figure. Look at me, I’m beautiful, and I don’t have the clearest skin. My legs aren’t the longest, my hips aren’t that wide, clothes aren’t the coolest. But i am still…

The essay “My Mother Never Worked” by Bonnie Smith-Yackel explores the challenges her mother encountered while managing the farm and caring for her family, along with the knowledge she gained from interacting with the Social Security office. The story commences with Smith-Yackel engaging in a conversation with a social worker as she endeavours to acquire…

For almost four centuries, the Philippines was colonized and occupied by three separate countries on three separate occasions, one after the other. This scale of colonialism has left its mark on Filipino culture, values, and identity in both positive and negative ways. On the positive side, the Spanish and their brought Christianity has ingrained a…