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Japan Biggest Slum Not On Maps Kamagasaki, Japan’s biggest slum, cannot be found on official maps, and city festival organizers have been accused of censorship. Osaka officials asked Shingo Ota, a film director, to remove scenes that identified the slum, on the grounds that it was insensitive to residents. “To me, what they were asking … Read more
Food in Punjab, India Everyone needs food to survive and every culture has unique and special traditions surrounding the gathering, preparation, and consumption of food. The Punjab region of India, is one of South Asia’s largest producers of food and the Punjabi people are known for the variety of foods they eat. Punjab, India is … Read more
One of the most distinctive and immediately impressive things about Ernest Gaines’ novel, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, is the way the author opens his story with an introduction of a collective of speakers, his cast of character/narrators, so to speak. Gaines weaves his narrative through an interplay between the organizing consciousness of the … Read more
Poverty affects the lives of youths in Papua New Guinea Poverty is the state of being extreme poor. It is caused by many factors including lack of education, unemploymennt, poor environement, bad habits and morals , overpopulation, endemic of diseases, bad governent policy. Globally poverty affects more than 80% of the worl population. Besides, poverty … Read more
Peking opera is a special unique blend of theater, mime, acrobatics, circus and carnival action. Wichmann stated that “Beijing Opera is a synthesis of stylized action, singing, dialogue and mime, acrobatic fighting and dancing to represent a story or depict different characters and their feelings of gladness, anger, sorrow, happiness, surprise, fear and sadness.” It … Read more
Oral literature is a culture passed down by word of mouth from one generation to another. Story telling has been around since humans invented language. Oral literature includes legends, myths, chants, songs and tales. This essay will discuss oral literature, as a literary genre, specific generic features from “Rainbow and Her Daughter” and its purpose. … Read more
Melzar Jan Chico STEM Mendel 4th of January 2017 A CRITIQUE PAPER about the case of FEMINISM Feminism, as defined by Merriam-Webster, it is the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes, and also organized activity on behalf of women’s rights and interest. Feminism is obviously prevalent in the 21st century, … Read more
A fetish object assumes distinct, almost superstitious power and is often associated with sexual gratification, desire, and worship. As explained in “Sexualization in the Media,” “Fetishization marks a cultural, psychological, and social technique of fetishizing things by making them appear larger than life, animate, or sexually desirable”. It is argued that this process has profoundly … Read more
Five Stages of Culture Shock: The Honeymoon Stage is being curios and positive about new exciting experiences. People who are in this stage admire and even idealize the new culture. Hostility and Irritability Stage is starting to feel different and actually inferior. The new host culture is confusing or the new systems into which exposed … Read more
ABSTRACT Every language with its own attributes, in today’s world, in today’s century, in today’s time, serves as a method of communication, as a tool for civilization, as a weapon for evolution, as a knot for globalization. Hindi, as such, portrays direct resemblance to inheritance of Indian culture, customs, traditions and identity. Immigration of generations … Read more
Introduction The film Black Mirror begins with two men Matt and Joe who are living at a remote station in the middle of the snow filled wilderness. To pass some time, they tell each other about their lives. Matt is preparing Christmas dinner and talk to Joe about what brought him to the remote station … Read more
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William McIntosh the chief of the lower-creeks. William McIntosh was born around the time of 1778 in Georgia. William McIntosh was assassinated on April 30, 1825. William McIntosh had a creek mother and a white Scotsman father. He spoke fluent English although he was raised among the creeks. Although his support of several things alienated … Read more
Chinese culture and traditions are well known, on the basis of modern writing, for their originality and peculiarity. The book Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord offers a rigorous explanation of this kind of lifestyle through the story of a Chinese girl called Spring Moon, her family, and their customs. Throughout the story, the author … Read more
Expectation My Great-Aunt Melon gave me a lime green shirt with a bedazzled pickle splashed across the chest for my fifteenth birthday. It also rained. I wasn’t shocked or sad at all. It had rained on my birthday every year for the past fourteen. Mom even said there was a thunderstorm the day I was … Read more
When we as Westerners think of antiquity’s greatest civilizations, surely classical Greece comes to mind. Many aspects of ancient Greek culture survive today in various facets of our modern society: democracy, drama and western philosophy, just some of the first few that come to mind. As paramount as these contributions are, surely we as Westerners … Read more
Why do we have to pay to enter museums and galleries? Museums play a very important role in preserving our cultural heritage by conserving, restoring and showcasing a wide range of different artefacts and items of scientific, artistic, historical or cultural significance (Smithsonian Institution, 2015). Similarly, galleries allow people to view important works of art … Read more
Jackson Wang is definitely a triple threat. The famous Chinese entertainer is a rapper, singer and dancer. He is also a member of the popular K-Pop group, GOT 7. He has notably appeared on the Korean reality television show Roommate. Jackson was he was born in Hong Kong, on the 28th of March, 1994. For … Read more
It is widely accepted that first humans in the Japanese archipelago can be traced back to prehistoric times. The Jomon period, named after its “cord-marked” pottery, was followed by the Yayoi in the first millennium BC when new technologies were introduced from continental Asia. During this period, in the first century AD, the first known … Read more
The Taoist Canons gives abundant references to Thunder Rites, training on making ornaments, Fu charms, and performing spells in the thunder enchantment custom. Shen Hsiao Tao (???) and Tian Xing Zheng Fa (????) are two heredities that represented considerable authority in thunder enchantment. 55 Taoist professionals from any custom or ancestry will probably have contemplated … Read more
Chinese food has been the rage recently in urban cities. I don’t mean those “American-Chinese” restaurants which commonly serve overly sweetened and sauced fried chicken. Authentic Chinese food has almost no resemblance. Traditional Chinese dishes are often hidden away on Chinese-language menus in Chinatown, and they have the most exotic and alien names, like Fuqi … Read more
Hand block printing is the traditional technique of India. It has been practiced for centuries. This fabric printing technique involves use of dyed and craved blocks of wooden. Beautiful patterns created on fabric by pressing those wooden blocks on it. Only single colour is used in the block printing. Bagru, Rajasthan, is the key hub … Read more
Does the production and consumption of Thanksgiving turkey involve animal abuse? Let us first define what animal abuse is. Animal abuse is “any act that contributes to the pain, suffering or unnatural death of animals or that otherwise threatens or harms their welfare. Animal abuse may be physical, sexual, psychological or emotional. It may involve … Read more
Are you a parent? If so, there is a good chance that you already know just how much kids love the holidays. That is why you may want to think about letting your children help you decorate for Christmas. In fact, in addition to just letting them help you hang Christmas decorations, you may also … Read more
Recently K-pop – Korean pop – has been dominating western music charts. It’s only natural that people have started comparing K-pop with western pop. Though these two genres fall under the pop category, they are completely different. I will be discussing the similarities and differences between the K-pop and western pop’s culture, selection process, and … Read more
In 1945, Ho Chi Minh gave a speech declaring the independence of Vietnam. Vietnams impendence came after being exploited by the Japanese and the French. “The first lines of his speech repeated verbatim the famous second paragraph of America’s 1776 Declaration of Independence.” (Ho Chi Minh, 1945) Ho’s speech proclaiming Vietnam’s independence contains a demand … Read more
Jordan is a country that should be a must see on everyone’s list of places to go and explore. Jordan has a long deep history through what seems like the beginning of time although it did not official gain recognition as an independent country until 1946. It is situated geographically at what can be called … Read more
Roses for Valentine’s Day Delivery Valentine’s Day is one of these significance moments that call for an amazing celebration. This year, our overseas flower delivery florists created the most stunning collection of Valentine’s Flowers, lovingly handcrafted to make a truly bold statement. We have various rose bouquets such as dozen red roses, red valentine, Lovingly … Read more
The good in life comes with the bad. In Walls’ book, The Glass Castle, the Walls family seems to go through much more of the bad. Rosemary often tries to raise spirits, saying how “life is a drama, full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.” Rex … Read more
Rosa Parks is someone who grew up believing people should not be categorised and judged by the skin of their color. Rosa Parks is known for standing up for African Americans rights when she refused to go to give up her seat for a white man on a bus. When Rosa took her stand and … Read more
Humans have always attempted to unravel the mysteries of nature since the beginning of time. With similar intentions, Edward Abbey attempts to analyze the complexity of nature in his essay about Aravaipa Canyon in New Mexico. He expresses how humans will never be able to fully comprehend the core of nature, praising and romanticising it … Read more
John Betjeman and Philip Larkin were contemporaries, though Larkin was an atheist and John Betjeman an Anglican. Compare and contrast Church Going, by Larkin and Christmas by Betjeman. Although both contemporary poets Philip Larkin and John Betjeman differ in their religious beliefs, this is reflected in the two poems, Church Going and Christmas. In their … Read more
Personality Analysis Every individual in society today and in the previous years has a unique personality; it is very interesting to see the differences of people. I chose Jerry Springer and from the Carl Jung’s perspective he is described as dichotomous facets of personality. By evaluating the current Myers-Briggs Type indicator (MBTI) for personality, is … Read more
Mrs.Wilson American Poet Research Project 1/31/18 Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. He published his first poem in 1921. He attended Columbia University, but left after one year to travel. His poetry was later promoted by Vachel Lindsay, and Hughes published his first book in 1926. He went on to … Read more
The Blackfoot Indians are an American culture tribe, they normally live in the area of the northern plains like Montana, Idaho, and Albert, Canada. They all mostly still live in the same region today, mostly in Montana they were about 16,000 people that were registered there and over 80,000 saying they lived in Blackfoot. In … Read more
In every culture, there are central ideas that promote the interaction of people and guide their way of life. In the traditional African setting, several beliefs and myths were considered to have both control and guidance of how the community was to live. Among this beliefs were the enshrined in the complex structure of spirits … Read more
The women who were murdered by their husbands during the process of receiving a permanent protective order were: Lori Jackson, Barbara Diane Dye, Jasmine Leonard, Laura Acheves, Tamisha Evette Ridge, Erica Bell, Chyna Joy Young, Evelyn burgos & her daughter, Annette Sowder-Fuller & her mother. Jasmine Leonard had a temporary restraining order against her husband … Read more
In Silko’s Ceremony, Tayo’s healing process is very extensive, and he faces many crucial challenges in order to let go of traumatic past events. While on this journey, Tayo encounters many symbols that aid him in developing a sense of appreciation and freedom. As a Native American with a growing sense of tradition, Tayo finds … Read more
‘A Christmas Carol’ by Christina Rossetti is a devotional poem that has been set to music many times, most famously by Gustav Holst in 1906, and remains a choral favourite today. It is centred around the birth of Jesus Christ, as told from the perspective of a speaker who although is excluded from this biblical … Read more
Asian Americans within the United States have experienced challenges that are embedded in racism or ethnicity. When it comes to the media, Asian Americans have experienced devastating effects following presentations that view them as members of another world. When a tsunami hit Asia in 2005 killing a hundred thousand, a popular radio show in the … Read more
The history of Italy can be characterized as two periods of unity separated by a millennia and a half of division. In the sixth to third centuries BCE the Italian city of Rome conquered Peninsular Italy; over the next few centuries this empire spread to dominate the Mediterranean and Western Europe. This Roman Empire would … Read more
Culture, unlike biology, should allow us to seek liberation from cruel and uncomfortable practices. But instead culture wraps us in a suffocating embrace. … re cultures discrete or bounded? …Who defines the boundaries of culture or allows for change? Do cultures leak into each other? Can a person from one culture critique another culture? (Prashad … Read more
According to an article published in Talk film society, the writer spoke about how effective dialogues were and how the DOP gave his heart and soul to the movie of the millennial. Devdas is rich with dialogue scenes, during which the characters go through multiple emotions and their relationships with the others shift multiple times. … Read more
During the Winter Break, the opportunity to take the class, “Sales Promotion” opened and with no hesitation, that opportunity was taken by myself. One of the many of the key topics of the class was the term “advertising and promotion”. Merriam Webster defines the word Advertising as: “the action of calling something to the attention … Read more
After Christmas holiday, we are all welcoming the whole new year of 2018. I wish all of you – who are reading this article before 2018 – a year with full of joy and health, two things that are the most important in people lives. When it comes to “the last day of the year”, … Read more
The story of India: The story of India is a BBC documentary series which was written and presented by historian Michael Wood. This series encapsulates the history of India. Like other great civilizations—Greece or Egypt, for example—over the millennia it has enjoyed not just one but several brilliant golden ages in art and culture. Its … Read more
Much of Charles Dickens’ representation of morality in his most famous of Christmas stories, A Christmas Carol, is derived from “the wisdom of our ancestors.” (1) From the beginning of his narrative Dickens explains his usage of the phrase “dead as a doornail,” in relation to Marley, as trusting in the “wisdom of our ancestors,” … Read more
“The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman” – Chanakya Despite the appraisal on inner beauty, the power of beautiful appearance is undeniable. The urge of being beautiful resulted in individuals’, especially females’ huge expenditure consuming of products (e.g. cosmetics) and methods (e.g. makeup) to modify and enhance their physical outlooks. … Read more
In Ann Petry’s novel The Street, even the most simple, everyday objects take on fiendish personalities and shifting, threatening aspects. From the cruel wind in the story’s opening chapter to the hard, bitter street itself, glaring situational cruelty and injustice brings vivid color to the narrative. Even the walls, as Petry describes, “were reaching out … Read more
Chinese numbers are very similar to each other. The number 0, 6, 8, and 9 have favorable and unfavorable meanings because they either sound similar to other words that have positive meanings or the pronunciation of the number. The most favorable numbers are 6, 8, and 9. Six, eight, and nine are the luckiest numbers … Read more