moment in life with family - and being a Westerner‚ coolly expressing my ever-apparent condescending attitude towards those of the East‚ looking in disgust at the seemingly uncouth Indian parents who smooch their children at every chance. I have been on this line my whole life‚ torn between two cultures - the Indian‚ and the American. The main differences between the two lie in the attitudes towards family‚ which eventually pervade every other aspect of their respective cultures. In India‚ life revolves
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CULTURES AT BOTH ENDS OF THE WORLD The world we live in is made out of a vast differing quality of distinctive societies. One of the main contrasts within this diversity of cultures is the differences between the East and the West. Eastern and Western cultures differ with one another in a wide range of point of view. In this essay‚ I will discuss how the distinction between the two varies and how it influences the behaviors and practices of individuals. First and foremost‚ I would like to point
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WHICH CULTURE IS BETTER: WESTERN OR EASTERN “The Last Supper‚” the painting of Da Vinci illustrates the mental states of each subject and the expressions in a vivid manner and bring the subjects to life. Qi Baishi‚ a renowned painter of traditional Chinese painting‚ famous for painting shrimps could bring subjects to life within seconds. Both of them possess painting techniques which are extraordinary‚ but their styles are completely different. The famous Chinese painter Master Li Hongzhi
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Eastern and Western cultures have extremely different ways of learning. In the article‚ Jim Stigler experiments with these various cultures in order to fully understand how each of them tackle learning. Therefore‚ Stigler traveled to Japan to study teaching methods presented there. While he was there‚ he noticed many things that Japanese classrooms obtained. For instance‚ the teachers call up the students that are struggling to demonstrate the problem opposed to the child that already understands
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The way the eastern civilization would live is how people dream of living today. The eastern peoples put others above themselves. The way the western civilization used to live is how we live today: caring about ourselves for the most part. Even though the eastern side of living is how most people wanted to live‚ there are some positive characteristics of the western side that are worth incorporating. A common problem today is that we don’t think. A trait of eastern culture is the being
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The people of fugawiland are composed of at least two different cultures. They are characterized by the type of pottery that they used and the shape of their houses. The eastern culture used the banded pottery and constructed the square huts. They also utilized the resources of chert. The reason is the location of the chert. The western culture used the zig zag pottery and constructed round huts. They were all hunters and gatherers utilizing the time seasons and game for that time. White
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difference between western and eastern culture The major difference between Chinese and Western culture is that China is an oriental country‚ and its traditional culture is completely different from western heritage. Chinese culture is older than 5000 years‚ and Chinese people have developed their own music‚ musical instruments‚ painting techniques‚ traditional Chinese medicine‚ and not to forget‚ cooking methods etc – completely different and unique when compared to Western culture. Chinese believe
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which social action‚ justice‚ being of service to others‚ education and the arts were supremely important. I attended an independent Church of England primary school. Much of the time I felt ‘different’ and unable to articulate or express my culture. This manifested itself in many ways‚ for example‚ feeling unbearably ignorant with items of ‘common knowledge’ such as the Pope‚ of whom I had never heard‚ allusions to church and chapel of which I had no experience or reference to food I had never
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EASTERN AND WESTERN PHILOSOPHY The subject of philosophy has always been divided along two lines of thinking – the eastern and the western. Though each line is concerned with finding the right path to follow‚ the methodology and teachings of the philosophers from either line of thinking has been distinct and different. This paper aims to examine the ideas of one eastern and one western philosopher – Confucius and Socrates respectively and compare the two for similarities and differences. One
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The "Soul" According to Eastern & Western Religions The idea of the soul varies widely in religious tradition. While these variations exist‚ its basic definition is unvarying. The soul can be described as the ultimate internal principle by which we think‚ feel‚ and will‚ and by which our bodies are animated. The soul is seen as the core principle of life or as the essence of a being 1. Views on the permanence of the soul vary throughout religious tradition as well. While some view it as a mortal
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