... than what they know to be normal in their point of view. The Amish keep to themselves and never bother anyone. So, why is it necessary for society to be so against the way they believe? In Richard Rodriguez's essay "The Fear of Losing a Culture" he recognizes a very interesting fact. He states, "Our lives are prescribed by the mall, by the 7-Eleven, by the Internal Revenue Service." The Amish do not live that way and were not ... raised in the same type of fashion as we were. In today's society, the Amish culture is considered to be outdated and simply a waste of time. In the article "T...

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