Essays about Culture Page 56

The Hunter and Gatherer era triggered the use of gender roles in our society today. This is because when the Hunter and Gatherer society first developed it created the power of gender roles; symbolizing that men have more power than woman. This was a negative effect on our world today because this has carried throughout…

Trying to describe this still, silent place, of an undetermined age, crisscrossed by invisible paths, entails reconfiguring it and revealing its spatiality through movement and human presence. Merely being there would limit one to absorbing the space’s story to participate in it is to take action. In her videos, Elise Leclercq invites people who are…

Literature has always been the mirror of me human psyche. It can be interpreted in various ways to understand perspectives and social trends. In today’s changing world, where citizens are fast awakening and realizing the importance of fighting for equal rights, it has become essential to understand the role of women in literature and how…

Our fashion industry has evolved to one of fast fashion due to our increasing consumerist habits. Our generation seems to be constantly wanting more and more although we may not necessarily need all the goods we possess. However, consumerism comes with a cost. Fast lashlon has a disastrous effect on our environment. takes away jobs…

I am sure that if you were to ask yourself “who is the most influential person in the world today” Emma Watson isn’t someone you would name off hand. In fact, some may even question “who is this Emma Watson?” I would find this reaction entirely reasonable and understandable. She had grown up on the…

The Mutapa State was established in the 15th century following the decline of the Great Zimbabwe State. The Mutapa state was located on the Northern part of modern day Zimbabwe. The kingdom of Mutapa is said to have stretched between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. According to oral tradition the first “mwene” was a warrior…

Oppression and fear are essentially always present to some extent in a totalitarian regime as shown in the story, “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut. The people’s freedom is bound by the objects that they are obligated to wear under the rule of their government. Such objects are used to restrict the people “from taking unfair…

Every year when the fall season comes around, Halloween does too, People prepare for the festivities by decorating their homes with spooky, haunting decorations. Everyone that participates wears costumes of all sorts. Some costumes are fun, scary, orjust ridiculously unique I question Halloween as a holiday. It serves no extraordinary purpose. It also contradicts several…

Their eyes were watching god was a prevalent and understandable book describing the woman or otherwise feminist actions towards accomplishing that of love through that of others that would allow dreams to be accomplished. This being the only goal or ability that women that had at the time since women had no rights of their…

All across the globe there are memorials dedicated to the dead. No two places celebrate the same; there are different names and different venues; there are different times of celebrations; there are different lengths of celebration. I chose to look more closely at three different memorials to the dead. The first is the Hungry Ghost…