... to those who look on it, and the people who look upon the world do not reflect on what they see. Thus, the darkness is attributed to confusion, and also ties to Arnold's idea of thinking "without light." In this poem, darkness is the cause of the ebbing "Sea of Religion." It is, "Retreating, to the breath, Of the night-wind." In the last stanza, "ignorant armies clash by night ... ." Arnold sees that darkness has affected the armed forces of Britain, who have conquered ... much of the known world. Arnold sees them as ignorant of the reason for which they fight, the true reason being los...

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... used to have a similar viewpoint to the tribal cultures of today, but because of the spread of technological advancement throughout the western world many began to view western ideologies as superior to other cultures throughout the world. Many ethnocentric beliefs have been engraved into western culture throughout the course of history, which further distanced them from the views of tribal cultures, as they ... one is the loss of the emotion the drawings invoke. Furthermore, phonetic alphabets remove the essence of nature and the land from our language and writing. Once the language and...

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... . Caliban was no longer just an American Indian, he also became the reflections of the African slave and the European wild man; or the blend if several American Indian types. His attempt on Minanda's virtue made him "the first nonwhite rapist in white man's literate" and his freedom song was "the first American poem". Here Caliban became more noble and was seen a victim of imperialism ... arduous, repetitive tasks. Whereas the Depression inspired a link between Caliban and the suffering laborer, the Second World War spawned a wider range of interpretations. Some soldiers in the war used ...

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... , we need to examine the Huntington's Eurocentrism. i) Western (including US) supremacism; the modern western civilization is the highest level of historical development. ii) Universalism - historismus; the developed pass of European civilization is not generally proper for only Western civilization, but also for human beings including the East. iii) The thesis of Westernization and modernization; under-developed, non-western civilization can only develop by imitating and accepting the western civilization. However, Said (2003 ... sell weapons to Islamic countries and China cooperate wit...

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... go on to specialize in either becoming a house-builder, a fisherman, an orator, or a wood carver. Compared to Samoan culture, education is very different in Western culture. The Western child's education is highly disciplined and focused on academic principles. The child is encouraged to succeed on many different levels, and both girls and boys are typically taught they can become whatever they put their minds ... and effort into to. While it may be stressful for the Western child to sit in a classroom for long hours to learn a variety of subjects, the payoff often results in more for t...

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... . Caliban was no longer just an American Indian, he also became the reflections of the African slave and the European wild man; or the blend if several American Indian types. His attempt on Minanda's virtue made him "the first nonwhite rapist in white man's literate" and his freedom song was "the first American poem". Here Caliban became more noble and was seen a victim of imperialism ... arduous, repetitive tasks. Whereas the Depression inspired a link between Caliban and the suffering laborer, the Second World War spawned a wider range of interpretations. Some soldiers in the war used ...

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... , (similar to that of Kluckhohn & Strodtbeck's value orientations.) Here, I will explore the "being" orientation of the tribe, wherein humans adapt to nature, not nature to humans. The culture is slow-paced with a hierarchy or roles, including gender and status. The ceremonial motion of Indian time is best illustrated with a simple poem, " It's hard to enter circling clockwise and counter clockwise moving no regard for ... time, metrics irrelevant to this place where pain is the prime number and soft stepping feet praise water from the skies." I have seen the face of triumph The winding ...

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... , and that of Botj. Milika represents a transition between the Aboriginal culture, and Western society. His cultural heritage is strong, which is apparent in his haste to be punctual for the meeting with the elder, Dawu. It is reflected in his self-belief and respect for the passion he holds for football, "I"m good enough". The Western symbol of culture, the football, is an ever-present talisman in Milika's journey ... . It provides him with a focus for the future. He gives up cigarettes to be fit enough to ... continue the game with success, which provides us with a sense that his perso...

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... someone's social status. This is considered a negative effect of globalization and Gladwell's idea of change aiding globalization. Fujita suggests to his people that eating the "Western food" McDonald's, it will make them look western, and supposedly, that is "better." The idea that globalization should mean that individualism cannot survive is not a good thought. What does this notion say about what is happening to ... their own for hundreds or even thousands of years, have been able to do so because of the LACK of globalization caused by the lack of ability for the world to communicate...

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... 's strength is its people's willingness to sacrifice, to be regimented and homogenized, and to subordinate personal desires to the harmony of the working group. The Japanese people have had to become a group-oriented society. While in the western world, individuality and independence are highly valued, Japanese society emphasizes group activity and organization. People accept that they will ... modernisation dedicated to building national wealth and power by adopting new ideas, institutions, and practices from Western countries. This was successfully achieved by basing its decisions on wi...

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... attributions are seen as resulting, in part , from the more individualistic cultural conceptions of the person acquired by individuals over development in Western Cultures, as contrasted with the more holistic cultural conception of the person adopted by individuals over development in non0Western cultures. Emphasizing the situational variability of behavior and treating the social role rather than the individual as the primary normative unit, such cultural conceptions are seen as ... heightening non -Western attributors" sensitivity to the contextual determinants of action ... ...

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... these facial expressions while we do our performing arts (Kapa Haka). Males are allowed to stick their tongue out while the woman is not. Because of customs within our culture, women are sacred and are limited to doing things that men ... The last one would be understanding of the natural world. We are fortunate enough to come from a land that inhibits natural resources of spring water, native animals and forests, and fresh food. Because of also our understanding of our sub-gods like god of the sea, earth, sun, sky, wind ... , forest, etc, there are protocols, and beliefs, that give us ...

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... of Nora leaving her family and home in Ibsen's "A Doll's House", when viewed by a modern, Western audience - whilst being seen as an unfortunate and sad event - would not carry the social implications as felt by the original audience. Indeed, in the historical period the play was originally performed in, audience reactions ranged from vehement outrage to simple disbelief. Yet, not all modern ... society would take such a lax view as popular Western culture on the connotations surrounding the act of a woman abandoning her family commitments and "duties". In many Eastern cultures, especial...

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... culture, having attended American schools all their life. For them, it is India that seems foreign to him. This is illustrated when, on the Ganguli's family trip to Calcutta, they both fall sick to the environment that is foreign to them, 'It is the air, the rise, the wind, their relatives casually remark; they were not made to survive to in a poor country.' Essentially, while ... the immigration into America is supposed to be a family experience, the children feel they belong to the American culture more than any Indian one. However, even ... though these characters are American ...

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... certain level of concentration it becomes all to easy just to lift up the remote and flick about. In this light there is the creation of a culture of couch potatoes which is especially prevalent in Western societies. It could be assumed that these people would be more susceptible to the fads, fashions and ideologies which are transmitted via television. This could be ... . Examples of such occurrences are frequent and one such example includes the STAR satellite, capable of broadcasting from China to India. Comes along Rupert Murdock's News Corporation, which enters into partnership wit...

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... result of internal factors, since it has no plausible way of promoting survival. Likewise Prada bags do not exist in any particular environment, thus the argument that they are utilized due to their abundance in a particular area, and are thus used to facilitate survival, would seem to be ... bags, would be incomprehensible. Viewing either society through ones own perspective, (Ethnocentrism), would not yield a satisfactory answer to why either culture acts the way they do. Yet viewing each of these two cultures within their own contexts, (Cultural Relativism), provides an explanation an...

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... type of literacy inferiority to their surrounding cultures and many times their cultures literacy and identity can be altered. This is due to the fact that the Europeans pressured other cultures to be more "like" their culture. Moreover, Europeans beliefs and their literacy were forced upon these indigenous ... were being forcefully taught how to engage upon literacy from a European standpoint. In many instances this left a particular culture "clueless" in the sense of writing or engaging upon their own writings or beliefs in a European way. Clueless, in this case, means that other cultu...

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... of concord between this large and influential group of the world population and other groups of people who constantly decry their culture and civilization. The lack of translations, of works of literature, spiritual texts and treatises, and other published material alludes to the fact that Western societies have closed themselves to that part of the world, "including movements and societies with potentially dreadful political implications ... made even more menacing by the general lack of familiarity with them.(Grossman 56), creating a sense of xenophobia, which may be diminished if on...

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... McDonald's are but two examples of this phenomenon. A prime example of a symbol whose popularity skyrocketed in a short period of time is Nike. The American pop culture of sportswear worn as regular clothing is responsible for Nike's phenomenal success in Asia, with some 3 million employees just in this ... effectively than our western counterparts. This is really what makes Asia different from the rest of the world. If our cultural beliefs were to be eradicated, we would mutate into an animal very much like the westerners. Effective, forthright, incredible modern and also very much soul...

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... ; Christmas. The Coca-Cola company shaped the American ideal of how Santa Claus should be depicted. We see a jolly, red and white clad Santa Claus who pauses for a Coke-break', holding the bottle high and near his lips. It is now viewed as a given in much of the western world that Santa ... should appear in Red and White. In America the ideal traditional festive dining table should not only include a Christmas pudding and ... a turkey but also the Classic Coca-Cola bottle. This seems even more remarkable when one takes into account the relatively modern invention of Coke ... they are c...

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... that we are also portrayed to be ignorant and do not put much thought into our decisions before reacting. For example, on reality TV shows, the characters are much uncivilized and make decisions based off of their first mindset, which is never good. Characters began to fight or argue in public and ... they don't have an appetite for anything else. Or even, If it is being shown that somebody black doesn't like chicken, all of a sudden the other characters are shocked and began to say things like "You don't like chicken?!?! Oh, you must not be black". Outside of Fried ... of a different c...

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... . Poverty which is sustained generates a set of certain beliefs, norms, etc and these factors will themselves perpetuate over time without getting affected by the change in structural conditions around them (Lewis 1959). There is also a noticed trend that poor people don't regard food as a very essential ... of them had husbands who were sexually, emotionally and physically exploiting and were also involved in alcoholism and subsequent gambling. This example keeps up to the culture of poverty which was characterised by low privacy, alcoholism, exploitation and bad living conditions as d...

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... It can have a huge impact on a person when it comes to emotional development later in life. If you are adopted from China and raised in the U.S, it is almost guaranteed that you will be a minority your entire life. Chinese adoptees that are raised by white guardians in America often have a difficult ... quot;fit in" with a specific culture or society. This feeling of "not belonging" can often lead to thoughts of suicide/depression. The ability for adoptees to talk about their adoption and ask questions they have is key to help them process their emotions and to help process what happened...

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... 600 advertisements bombard us everyday in magazines, on billboards, on television, and in newspapers. One in eleven has a direct message about beauty, not even counting the indirect messages" (About Face). All these images get engraved in people's minds, consciously and subconsciously, sending messages that women should look and dress in a certain ... sex object, to be skinny and sexy and men to be a romantic womanizer who have sex with as many women as he can. On the other hand, Pop Culture shows women that men are this romance person that can sweep women of their feet. These images pla...

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... where immigrants can learn basic English skills quickly and effectively. Regarding immigration, Mitt Romney said: "We are a nation of immigrants. We are the children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the ones who wanted a better life, the driven ones, [and] the ones who woke up at night hearing that voice telling them that life in that place called America could be better. They came ... not just in pursuit of the riches of this world but for the richness of this life. Freedom." It was recorded that in 2013, America had a total population of approximately 80 million people and...

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