However, he specifies the collectivist behavior of Asians: they prefer group activities and harmony. Instead of uniqueness and individualism, Asian people enjoy the feeling of acceptance within a group or community more. As an Asian, I agree with the author's opinion according to my own experience, as we were taught since kindergarten that groups always have greater power than individuals by various fairy tails and allegories. Asians depend more upon their "continent" instead of the "island" because of the sense of security and steadiness within a group. Group work not only provides a greater winning possibility, but also companions to share the pain of failure. We believe "No Man is an Island" and are willing to help each other to reach our own purposes. A person's thoughts toward collective or individual behavior largely depend on their cultural background. Asia countries such as China, Japan and Korea have a rich collective history over about four thousands years, and the feeling of nationalism is shared among the Asians. On the other side, Individualism is one of the most significant parts of American culture due to the War for Independence, which advocated the idea of independent thinking. .
While Richard Nisbett explains behavioral difference of East and West, John Steinbeck introduces a character in his novel Of Mice and Men, who behaves both opposite behaviors: individualism and collectivism. However, due to the individualistic environment in the story, the character finally kills the collectivist thoughts in his mind by using his own hands. .
In John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men, the behaviors of individualism and collectivism magnifies on George, who is the main character in the book. George is a companion with Lennie, who is mentally challenged, and they support each other while moving between different working locations. However, due to Lennie's misbehaviors, their life is rough, and George always complains to Lennie: "God, you're a lot of trouble," said George.
What is community immersion? ... Are there benefits we can get while conducting community immersion? ... We also have discussed the objectives of community immersion. ... It was really enjoying especially when we put on the life vest and started swimming with that apparatus. ... That community immersion experience was really priceless. ...
The American Dream is to have social stability, be able to achieve one's full potential, and start a new life where one won't be judge by his or her past. ... Individualism is independence, freedom of speech, and the value of an individual. ... Americans discovered a shared dream in which citizens worked together to make life better for the American masses. ... One of the implications of the group orientation of Chinese is that the cultural assumptions of Western management theories become less applicable to Chinese organizations. ... An American dream can be varied from a long-time...
Researchers reported that after one year in an all-English "immersion program, only 3.9% of LEP children were "redesignated" and only 1.3% were mainstreamed. ... Even after a second year of immersion, their mean English rating was still below average. ... It is contrary to the results of every study done in the field in which programs very similar or identical to sheltered English immersion were used. ... Although not geared for the creation and maintenance of bilingualism, these programs still are far more academically sound than the current return to immersion. English immersion (EI) refer...
Participation with the piece- total immersion/ pleasure/ views it more than once. ... If art were not present in our life, we would all be missing something. ... For many people art is a way of life. ... Art shows people's individualism. ...
JAPAN: A SOCIETY DIFFERENT THAN THAT OF THE WESTERN WORLD? ... Japan is viewed by many as a cohesive society that lacks individualism. This lack of individualism may be explained through a combination of different suppositions. ... is a mind-set in which there is to be no need for personal displays of individualism. ... Furthermore, the system of rank is applied to almost all circumstances and to a great extent, controls the social life of an individual. ...
Billy Budd - Individualism There is much to be said about individualism. ... They both showed individualism in their looks and their actions. Individualism ultimately killed or ran off each of these characters. ... Billy Budd shows the positive side of individualism. ... A big way that Ignatius' individualism shines through is how he lives his life. ...
As China's entry into the WTO since 2001, it seems gradually obvious that the concussion, the collision, the combination and development between Chinese traditional value and the importing western cultural value has become nationwide recognized. Confronted with the enormously coming western culture and product nowadays, my point is that, we Chinese are having a kind of attitude that combined with partially acceptance, partially refusal and partially development. ... Hence, and secondly, we are enduring the erosion of the western cultural impact irresistibly. ... On the contrary, as to ...
Social Justice The tenets of the Service Immersion Program are all very important. ... Spirituality, service, community, intentional living, and social justice are the components that make up the house of the Immersion Program. ... You are able to understand the hardships, struggles, and simple joys of life that you might not be able to experience in America. ... All of the tenets of the Service Immersion Program benefit each other to create change. ... I intend to learn as well as help make a difference in the life's of those who I meet during the immersion experience. ...
With Bartleby, Melville wanted to explore the effects that individualism had in a utilitarian society. ... Introducing authors, such as Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, he teaches the following term, self-culture as, the formation of a distinctly American ideology of individualism that functions ambivalently within a majoritarian democracy (91). ... Understanding the contradiction of individualism as a way of living in a society that does not represent the ideals of the minority will help place the reader within Bartlebys perspective. ... And yet, the narrator is seen by Norberg ...