How am I at communicating with people of other cultures?
Rochelle Angley DCP Self Analysis How am I at communicating with people of other cultures? Communicating with people of a different culture can be exciting and new and at the same time difficult and confusing. In today's society, I find it to be very beneficial to be able to communicate with others of a different culture. As I am seeing more and more cultures interact with one another, I am searching for ways to educate myself about their morals, values, and beliefs so I am able to understand our differences. Personally, I find it challenging to communicate with those of a different culture. It's not every day that I run into someone of a different culture. I know that there are many different kinds of people in the world, but I feel that in the United States, there are a ton of what we call sub-cultures. As I said, we have many different sub-cultures within our culture and sometimes it is here that I am challenged by our differences. As far as communicating with those of the same culture, but inside their own sub-culture, it really depends on the situation that I am in. If I am comfortable with my surroundings, the communication comes much more freely and we begin to talk amongst one another. I find myself asking many questions wondering what it is like for them. There are many times where we are all confused about what we truly mean behind our words, but that
Compare & Contrast the Visions of Old Age in ‘Warning’ & ‘Old Man, Old Man’.
Compare & Contrast the Visions of Old Age in 'Warning' & 'Old Man, Old Man'. Warning, by Jenny Joseph and Old Man, Old Man by U.A. Fanthorpe both present a vision of old age, however they are both different in expressing their view about it. Warning is a very rebellious poem, telling people about the dangers of old age. Old Man Old Man describes the relationship between a woman and her old father and how their relationship changes as he grows older. Jenny Joseph uses her poem to play with the ambiguous nature of our expectations of old age. She views old age as a time of less freedom and eccentricity, the word 'must' indicates this as she is showing that she must do these things that keep her away from having a free life, "We must...pay our rent and not swear in the street". She believes old age is a time of seriousness and sobriety, and conservationism. The poem is set in dramatic monologue as we can see the character of the women becomes clearer as we progress through the poem. Her rebellious nature comes to light as she doesn't want to grow old gracefully. Her reaction against financial common sense shows that she wants to live a life of freedom at old age but won't be able to afford to, "we've no money for butter." We can also see that she is an individualist and unique as she uses the pronoun 'I' a lot conveying her strident and emphatic tone of voice. The use of
Poem Comparison
"Discuss how any two poems you have studied explore the theme of love paying particular attention to form and structure rhythm and metre, language and any other important poetic devices." In this essay it will compare different poetic devices the two poems use to explore love. I have chosen to compare "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning written between 1812 and 1889 (the Victorian period) with Shakespeare's "Sonnet XVIII" in 1558-1603 (the Elizabethan period.) Both poems have the theme of love; however they are different types of love. In Porphyria's lover the love that is talked about is deranged and twisted: "In one [...] and strangled her." This poem also suggests a possessive obsessive type of love for example "That moment she was mine, mine, fair." The message of this poem seems to be that 'the lover' does not want to lose Porphyria so it's so twisted he would do anything to keep her there forever. Social content is very important in Porphyria's lover. As it was written in the Victorian period, social classes were evident. Upper class stayed upper classes; lower class stayed lower class and middle class stayed middle class. The only exception was marriage however it was rare for social classes to mix. It is clear in the poem that Porphryia is from a higher social class than 'the lover.' "From pride, and vainer ties dissever." Although it does not tell us what the
Cultural Appropriation and Its Affects On Other Cultures.
Cultural Appropriation and Its Affects On Other Cultures By: Ashley Dwan 200234647 Indian Studies 100-S01 Prof. Heather Hodgson This past Halloween I dressed up as a China Doll; in my black traditional Asian dress, white painted face, rosy pink cheeks, black eyeliner, and my hair held up in a bun with chopsticks. I originally thought that this costume would be rather attractive and fun. However, I began to question myself after a young lady approached me and asked, "Are you suppose to be an Asian person?" I immediately replied, "No, I am a beautiful China Doll". Did people believe that I was "attempting to portray a stereotyped representation of another race"?1This is not what I had intended and this now had disturbing implications. I had attended the party earlier with a Chinese friend of mine. He took no offence to what I was wearing- this was I later found out after questioning him. So when does cultural "borrowing" become ignorant appropriation? This also brings up the questions of: Can cultural appropriation be defined and can it be avoided? With the new fads of Chinese character tattoo's, Hindu god t-shirts, and the selling of such things as Native sweat lodge kits and ceremonies, does this not show that North Americans can appreciate other cultures and that western culture has become a product of a multicultural society.1 Through examples of film and art,
Comparison of the Laboratory and Industrial ProcessesGNVQ Intermediate Science When going through the process of fermentation in a laboratory
Comparison of the Laboratory and Industrial Processes GNVQ Intermediate Science When going through the process of fermentation in a laboratory they use certain methods to achieve their goals and some of the methods that they use are completely different from the ones that are used in the industry of fermentation. A fermenter is a container that maintains optimum conditions needed to grow a particular organism I will be using different criteria's to compare the laboratory and industrial process of fermentation in this assignment; some of them are listed below: * Equipment Used * The Quantity of the Product * Method Used * Quality of the Product Before I get right on into the assignment I will firstly talk about penicillin is and what it is used for today in our society because penicillin will come up. Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1929 and penicillin is one of the earliest discovered and widely used antibiotic agents, derived from the penecillium mold and the use of penecillium did not begin until the 1940s. Penicillin kills bacteria by interfering with the ability to synthesis the cell wall and this will disallow it from splitting and reproducing and it will only lengthen longer Below are is a table that shows the most obvious differences in fermentation in a laboratory and fermentation in the scientific industry: Laboratory Fermentation:
"Feeling "whole" and comfortable with who we are important to us all. Discuss and compare how poets from other cultures explore this in their poems
GCSE -English poetry Aruna Bhalla "Feeling "whole" and comfortable with who we are important to us all. Discuss and compare how poets from other cultures explore this in their poems." Everybody needs a sense of belonging. That is who they are, where they come from, and who they belong to. A person without an identity does not exist, it's as if they are in no mans land, neither here or there. Culture is the main ingredient in the recipe of an identity, to spice up an identity you can add heritage, a name, traditions, emotions, tastes, and genes. As the DNA in each identity is different every identity in a person is unique, and individual. As we all know, no two people are the same. I will be discussing two poems in this essay, the first being a poem written by John Agard called "Half Caste." Agard was born on the 21st of June in 1949. He moved from Guyana to England in 1977. Like many people in the Caribbean Agard is mixed race. His mother is Portuguese and his father is black. Agard loves living in England: "The diversity of cultures here is very exciting.' However there is one thing he does not like, and that is the racial origin views. He dislikes the word "Half Caste" which is used to describe a person of a mixed race. This term is still used by many today, and is now considered as rude and insulting.
"How does the poet use the theme to present a happy event in the poem Blessing compare this with a poem of your choice?"
"How does the poet use the theme to present a happy event in the poem 'Blessing' compare this with a poem of your choice?" The poet in the poem 'Blessing' uses the theme to present a happy event which is '...The municipal pipe...' that bursts which is a '...voice of a kindly god' these two quotes clearly connote that water is precious to them and is treated religiously and there is never enough of it. After many days in which 'The skin cracks like a pod.' Their prayers have finally been answered. Correspondingly, in the poem 'Island Man' the poet uses the theme to present a happy event is where he talks about his island and when the 'island man wakes up to the sound of blue surf' it could be interpreted that the island man feels alone in his actual situation and dreams about the 'blue surf' whenever possible, it shows that to the 'Island Man' his home island is as precious as water for the inhabitants in the poem 'Blessing'. The effect on the reader is that we comprehend that what we take for granted for some people is like 'silver' and makes us realise how lucky we are but it also makes us feel sorry for the people in the poem where 'There is never enough water.' In the poem 'Island Man' a similar theme is introduced because some people that came abroad from different countries just like the 'Island Man' may feel like strangers and it makes us feel sympathy to them however,
Choose three poems and compare them in terms of content, language and style
Choose three poems and compare them in terms of content, language and style "Long Distance" by Tony Harrison is about grieving in different ways. It is a personal poem as he reflects back to his Father's love and grief for his Mother, who has passed away. You can see that it is also about the love in a close family, as the love felt by the father regarding his wife and later on, the love felt by the son, which is apparent through his sense of loss. All of this shows a close, loving family, however the title, makes the reader seem as though their relationship is not as close. The poem uses enjambment, 'He'd put you off an hour to give him time To clear her thing and look alone', which creates movement within the poem, as the sentence is long, giving an impression of a long period of time, and that the grief and every day routine of 'putting up appearances' that Harrison's father restlessly deals with. Harrison also uses Caesura,'You couldn't just drop in. You had to phone.' The reader is unable to argue with the quick and factual piece of information. The poem itself has a 'ABAB' rhyming scheme in the first three paragraphs, and then in the last verse the rhyming scheme changes to an 'ABBA' structure, suggests that the last paragraph is important, and showing that there has been some kind of change between the previous paragraphs and the final paragraph, as the previous
Prepare an argument for a debate on the topic: The growth of the 'consumer culture' has enriched our lives.
Prepare an argument for a debate on the topic: The growth of the 'consumer culture' has enriched our lives. You should arguer in the affirmative or the negative. Set text + other related texts Consumer culture has definitely not enriched our lives in the society we live in. This dangerous culture is driven by fabricated promotional material that deceives in order to sell. Trends in popular culture, especially in the music industry have influenced our youth, and the pursuit of 'happiness' has driven us to buy new yet unnecessary novelties. This aspect of living does not enrich our lives, but subjects it to more stress, chaos and dependence on money. In my argument, I will examine how Fisher & Paykal have exploited television to enhance the image of their new line of fridges. We will see from the multimedia cdrom Real Wild Child, the origins of the consumerist lifestyle in Australia and what effects it has had on our society, as well as examining a more contemporary view of the issue, from the economist Ross Gittins in his article "Why happiness won't last" (Sept 02 'The Age'). If getting deceived is your favourite style of 'life enrichment', perhaps you should watch Fisher & Paykal's ad for their 'Active Smart' refrigerator. It is an example of material which seeks to persuade the consumer into purchasing a product. Two executives seductively dance in front of an open
"Anger is said by the sages to be "a short madness" that carries the mind away and can be many times more hurtful than the injury that caused it.
"Anger is said by the sages to be "a short madness" that carries the mind away and can be many times more hurtful than the injury that caused it. But other sages say "noble anger" makes any coward brave and brings back..... strength." This, quoted from the book, accurately describes the depiction of anger from the human experience. Anger is a universal behavior, with similar facial expressions and feeling throughout every human culture. Whether anger is personally perceived as "a creator of more hurtful reaction than the initial injury that caused it," or as "a state which makes any coward brave and brings back strength," all relates to the personal method one has in dealing with anger itself. Many articles and books on aggression in our society advise that "even hostile" outbursts can be better than bottling up anger. "When irritated, should we go ahead and curse, tell a person off, or retaliate?" Advice to "ventilate," as it is often referred to, is quite typical in our and other individualized cultures; but seldom will you hear such advice in a more group or family based culture. The fact is that ventilation can be self-gratifying in a moment of feud, but it can also have lasting and socially damaging effects. Individualized cultures that advice "ventilation" assume that it provides "emotional release," or catharsis (the reduction of anger by releasing it through
