Essays about Culture Page 49

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

How many phases of life do you have to go through to figure out truly how you identify yourself? Jhumpa Lahiri wrote a novel called “The Namesake” that is based on a boy struggling with his identity in being born American with Indian ancestry. It starts off with how his parents migrated to the United…

Barefoot Heart is a distinctively told personal account of the life of Elva Trevino Hart’s childhood and growing up in a family of migrant workers. Her story brings to life the day-to-day experiences of people confronting the impediments of working within the fields. She also accounts for the environment that her family was raised in…

“Let us strive,” stated Professor James Woodburn at an address to the Indiana State Teachers’ Association in the midst of World War I, “to save America from being a polyglot nation – a conglomeration of tongues and nationalities, like a polyglot boardinghouse” (Ramsey, 20). The question of language and minority rights is both historically and…

I was born in the United States, and was raised back and forth between Taiwan and Texas. Although I see that growing up in two cultures has added richness and diversity to my personality, as a child I struggled with my identity. Because I am biracial, I had a hard time fitting in and struggled…