Cultural clashes affect the lives of the younger and older generation by changing their personal views‚ which causes conflicts. The younger generation would have to incorporate the values of another culture‚ while still maintaining their cultural identity. This causes them to feel as if they are not a part of any culture which leads to confusion. Whereas for the elders‚ they would have a desire to keep their old traditions and culture passing down the younger generation‚ but often times‚ the younger generation adapted to the new culture
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attempt of the week past. The younger waiter doesn’t seem to understand why a man with money would try to end his life. Although the older waiter seems to have an insight into the customer’s reason‚ he doesn’t share this with the younger one. He seems to know why this deaf old man is so depressed‚ and sits there alone and silent. When the younger waiter rushes the customer‚ the older waiter objects. He knows what it is like to go home to emptiness at night‚ while the younger man goes home to his wife
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mistaken belief among teenagers that hazing is acceptable‚ they believe that it is an appropriate way of welcoming new students to schools‚ or punishing younger kids. Hazing is wrong a number of ways‚ students who are bullied do not feel welcome‚ they feel unwanted and unsafe. Most of the teenagers say it is a tradition to bully new‚ younger kids but they do not think how it could affect them. First of all‚ getting bullied lowers students self-esteem‚ makes them not want to attend school. A
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prevents them from pursuing happiness. Second‚ mandatory retirement is surely a form of age discrimination. A young person might wonder why an older worker should be kept on the payroll when the company could hire someone who is younger and more creative. However‚ a younger person will not necessarily be better or more creative worker. Age does not indicate the quality of a person’s work. Many well-known artists‚ politicians‚ and writers developed their best works after the age of sixty. The common
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GENERATION GAP AGAINST NOWADAYS THE older people and the younger population complain of generation gap and of breaking down the communication between these twos. But who is to blame? I think both go amiss now and then. There is a great hue and cry raised by the elders and the young both that the communication between them has broken down and they accuse each other for and bemoan this state of affairs. They attribute it to generation gap. Majority in the society carries along with this moroseness
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As I read and studied the play A Raisin in the Sun‚ it really engaged me and exposed so many issues that were relevant in black Chicago of the late 1950’s. The play written by Lorraine Hansberry‚ is about the Youngers‚ a black family living in poverty in the slums of Chicago. There is segregation at this time. They are faced with a big decision on how to spend the $10‚000 of insurance money that was left to Lena the matriarch of the family by her late husband. After an encounter with the
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The article I h8 txt msgs: How texting is wrecking our language‚ by John Humphrys‚ addresses text messaging as a threat to people’s ability to engage formally in use of the English language; especially in the younger generation. John Humphrys takes a unique perspective when analyzing the practice of text messaging. Humphrys focuses on the present and mainstream uses of text messaging‚ without analyzing the historical processes and the language values of the so called text speak. This paper will argue
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how Heaney used to follow his dad around as he worked and how he dreamed of growing up and ploughing like his dad. However‚ there is a twist at the end of the poem and Heaney goes from talking about how he was an annoyance to his dad when he was younger but now his dad is the annoyance to him as he is now old. In the first stanza‚ Heaney talks about his father and his work. He is talking very highly of his father and says‚ “The horses strained at his clicking tongue” This quote shows how his
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while the older brother patiently waits for his inheritance‚ the younger brother asks for his share right away. He ends up wasting all of his money on material items‚ and not saving any for food or shelter. The younger son returns to his father’s house‚ not expecting a warms welcome. However‚ the father is thrilled to see him‚ and even prepares a banquet for him. The older brother is upset that the father welcomed the younger brother back‚ but the father tells him that he should be happy‚ because
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It seems evident that the heroin in Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun is Lena Younger. Throughout the play‚ she’s faced with an important decision to make; how to spend the 10‚000 dollars. Instead of thinking selfishly‚ she tries to do what’s best in the interest of the whole family. Lena Younger is the leader of the Younger household as well as the mother of Walter and Beneatha. She strains her family to have self-respect and to believe in themselves in order to accomplish their dreams. As time passed
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