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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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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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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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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Street Journal (Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior) discussing the differences between Eastern and Western parenting styles. I did not know that another parenting book brought into the fold would cause such a stir. In the next few paragraphs I am going to go over the major differences between the two styles. First I will begin with the some of the characteristics of the more traditional Eastern way of parenting. Eastern parents have complete control over their children‚ they feel they know what it always
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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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Western Vs. Eastern European Jews In this essay I will be discussing the second question on the sheet. This question asks to compare and contrast what Jewish life was like in Eastern Europe compared to the Jewish lifestyle in Western Europe. To understand what lead to the differences seen between Jews in these two regions‚ it is important to see how they ended up where they did and the history that came with them. The Jewish people came to Europe with the Romans‚ and had settled in many places
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The Eastern Church vs. the Western Church In the year 1054‚ due to political‚ cultural and religious reasons‚ the Great Schism divided Christianity into the Eastern Church (the Orthodox Church) and the Western Church (the Catholic Church). As a result of the Schism‚ differences increased between the two. The primary differences are the Papal claims of authority and the insertion of the filioque clause into the Nicene Creed (Ware‚ 1963). Since the two were one prior to the Schism‚ there are similarities;
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Western Parenting vs. Eastern Parenting Chua feels that the traditional Chinese way of parenting is the only way if you want a successful child. If you ask almost any other Western American‚ it sounds more like the parent has become a dictator and their children are nothing but peasants that aren’t allowed to fail otherwise they are shamed and beaten. Parenting the western way is more effective and leads to a better‚ well rounded adult as compared to Chua’s idea that‚ an A-minus is a punishable
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