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    Appendix D Indigenous Culture Web Site Review Template Question Response Web site 1 URL: www.aboriginalculture.com Name of Indigenous culture/religion presented in Web site Aborigines Consider the examples of roles and observances held sacred by these people. Is this practice being kept alive? Traditional Australian religions are no longer practiced Has the culture/religion evolved over time? Many of the Aborigines practices have not evolved over time If the culture/religion

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    Wisconsin v. Yoder‚ 406 U.S. 205 (1972) In the year 1971‚ two parents whose names were Jonas Yoder and Wallace Miller who were of the Old Order Amish religion and one parent whose name was Adin Yutzy who was of the member of the Conservative Amish Mennonite Church were accused under a Wisconsin law that stated all students under sixteen should go to school. The Parents all believed it was against their religious beliefs for their children to go to high school and they refused to send their children

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    Christie sutanto LING 425 Exam1 Set 1. Bohannan in “Shakespeare in the Bush” argues that human nature is not universal and context can be understood differently depending on cultural backgrounds or individual experience. Why did the author initially expect Hamlet to be universal and why did it turn out not to be universal as she thought? How did these different patterns of interethnic communication lead to miscommunication and mistranslation? Which cultural practices in Hamlet were interpreted differently

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    dystopia such as no freedom and they are also constantly under surveillance. Although perfection is a goal that everyone has‚ it does not exist. As perfect as a human being can get‚ no matter what a there will be flaws. Therefore a utopia like the Amish will always either turn into a dystopia or already be showing the dystopian characteristics. In Oceania‚

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    about an Amish boy and his mother‚ Rachel‚ who witness a murder and a policeman‚ John‚ who goes into hiding as protection until the trial. The scene itself is one where the community is brought together to build a barn in a day for a newlywed couple of the town. The setting is very specific because it’s focused on an Amish colony‚ therefore the audience has a hard time relating to a lot of things but this brings out John’s feelings much more because he doesn’t understand much about the Amish either

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    difference between Amish way of life and the American way of life. As for John has to make a choice if he wants to stay with Rachael he’ll have to convert to the Amish way of life‚ however he chooses to leave and went back to the city life. ‘I’m sorry‚ I can’t’ he says this because he made a choice. Rachael also has to make a choice ‘Samuel’ as her priority is Samuel and not John. She had to choose and her son was more important and she also didn’t want to leave her Amish way of life. Symbolism

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    In Witness‚ there are many indications that John Book does not belong to the Amish group. He drinks the lemonade by gulping it down quickly and spilling on his neck and shirt whereas Daniel‚ the Amish man‚ takes little sips at a time. The difference in behaviours strongly highlights the contrast of cultural backgrounds in these two men‚ and stresses the point that John Book does not fit into the Amish society. And clearly‚ John himself realizes this as ultimately he chose to go back to his

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    Friedman had agreeable ideas‚ however his thoughts were unorganized‚ making it challenging for his audience to stay focused. Friedman gives an example to support his theory that capitalism is essential to have total freedom using the Amish. He explains that the Amish “regarded compulsory federal old age programs as an infringement of their individual freedom and refused to pay taxes or accept benefits.” He goes on to explain the result of their refusal‚ but then changes from the injustice of social

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    Southern Folk Music and Race Relations Abstract Introduction The growth of the American folk music reservoir is a process that counterparts the historical and cultural development of American society. In the formation of this reservoir‚ two major streams‚ British‚ African‚ and several smaller branches‚ e.g.‚ German‚ French‚ Cajun Mexican‚ etc.‚ flowed together over a two-century period (Malone‚ 1979:4). Alan Lomax‚ one of folk music ’s leading historians‚ has detected that the merging

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    OUR SURROUNDINGS AND THE PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES SHAPE OUR IDENTITY. Good morning ladies and Gentlemen. Do our surroundings and the people in our lives shape our identity? I will explore how this quotation is reflected in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee‚ the film ‘Witness’‚ by Peter Weir‚ and the film ‘The Lion King’ by Roger Allers. The meaning of identity is not easily defined. Identity generally refers to the stable defining characteristics of a person that makes them an individual

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