Essays on Tradition

What key issues and challenges led to the initiation of the Access Plus project? From an internal point of view, Providian Trust board members felt that the trust’s information system was outdated and therefore the day-to-day activities, which could be done more efficiently with a new software and process, were taking long periods of time…

Family tradition and cultural legacies contribute to inhibit to an individual self-identity in many ways that would last a life time. A person’s way of living and how they present themselves, comes from the culture that was instill in the soul from youth. Even the choices of food we may eat or the beliefs we…

On February 13th, I attended and overeaters anonymous meeting. I’ve never been to any type of support or 12 step meeting before, so I was not really sure what to expect. When I first arrived, there was a group of women waiting outside for the meeting to start. Once the meeting started, the person who…

Tradition Against Freedom “The Boat” by Alistair MacLeod is the story told from the perspective of university teacher looking back on his life. The narrator relates the first memories of his life until his father’s death. The story focuses on the conflicting relation between the mother and the father, and their different perspectives on how…

The Yue Opera is a popular theatrical form that is performed by female actresses and for a female audience. The opera became well known in Shanghai during the late 1930s and 1940s and its influence spread throughout China. The progression of the Yue Opera is shaped by traditional forms of Chinese operas. One of the…

A harana is a traditional Filipino divertimento. The adult male is accompanied by his friends who back him up both vocally and psychologically. At first. the woman’s window is closed. The adult male calls out to her and if she’s interested. she’ll unfastened her window. The most celebrated Tagalog harana. one that you can still…

            The latest trend in the twenty first century in education is the online degree program.  According to elearners.com, “Nearly 3.2 million students were taking at least one online course during the fall 2005 term, a substantial increase over the 2.3 million reported the previous year.”  Pioneers such as University of Phoenix are now reaping…

The Analects contains the teachings of the eminent Chinese philosopher, Confucius. Although the philosopher never wrote anything down, his disciples have collected his teachings and preserved it. More than just a book of his teachings, Confucius’ Analects is really a capsule of Chinese society, containing the rudiments of social fabric that hold their community together…

AbstractThe 1950s was regarded as a watershed in the history of marriage in North America. From 1947 to the early 1960s, an increasing number of Americans started asserting more independence in the realm of matrimony. As a result, the nuclear family emerged. Fewer dependents allowed the nuclear family to have greater purchasing power. In the…

The main theme of “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson, is tradition. Traditions are beliefs, legends, customs, information and other things that are passed down from generation to generation. This theme is shown in many different ways throughout the story. The first way tradition is shown in the story is with the ritual that the town…