Hanan Hassan Cultural Autobiography My name is Hanan Hassan‚ and I was born in September 21‚ 1992 in Jeddah‚ Saudi Arabia. I am the eldest of nine children that consist of four girls including me and five boys. To most people I am an ordinary twenty- one year old who works and goes to school‚ but what most people don’t know is that I’m basically the second mother of my household. Even though my mother is alive and well‚ I was taught at a young age to take responsibility and to be responsible like
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Cultural Autobiography Maria Skoulidas MHC My father’s parents were born in a small village in the Peloponnese. They were kind and humble people that eventually made their way to Athens. My mother’s parents were born in Kafkaso‚ a town in Minor Asia‚ which at that time belonged to Greece. With the war of 1921‚ the Turks forced my mother’s parents to flee to Athens. They were wealthy and proud‚ as were many Pontian Greeks at that time. Both of my parents were born in Athens
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Cultural Autobiography When I first saw in the syllabus the type of paper we would be writing for this course I thought about what culture means to me. What was the culture of my family? Where did we come from? How did we end up in Virginia? How did we end up believing some of the things we believe? To me culture was basically how I was raisedmy behaviors‚ beliefs‚ values‚ and ideas cultivated during my youth and its evolvement as I grew into an adult. This truly was to be a very interesting and
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Running Head: MY CULTURAL My Cultural Autobiography Nancy Domanski Sir Frances Bacon said‚ “If a man be gracious to strangers‚ it shows that he is a citizen of the world‚ and his heart is no island cut off from other islands‚ but a continent that joins them‚” (Jenkins‚ 1994). This quote represents all the core values that I cherish and to which I adhere. Personal culture doesn’t have to be linked to a certain country of origin or a specific ethnicity; it can be as simple as a person’s
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ESSAY ON BEN FRANKLIN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography is an inspiring tale of his personal‚ as well as public achievement throughout his life. Franklin’s life embodies the exemplary model of a life composed of discipline‚ self-reliance and self improvement. From his humble beginnings as an apprentice candle and soap maker in his father’s business to a successful business man‚ author‚ philosopher‚ civil activist‚ politician scientist‚ inventor‚ and diplomat‚ above all Benjamin
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Siqi Yi July 08 2013 Professor Jacobs-Beck Cultural Biography: How My Roots Shape My Identity It is often said that we should not let a single feature of ourselves define who we are. For example‚ a basketball should not only be an athlete‚ but must also value her roles as a sister‚ a daughter‚ a student‚ and anything else that gives her life meaning. A doctor should not only focus on his identity in the medical field but also his place in his neighborhood‚ his church‚ and‚ of course‚ his family
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Jonathan Nguyen Anthropology 1 Dr. Stemler 1/14/13 Introduction Essay My name is Jonathan Nguyen I am 20 years old and I am born in San Francisco. What I like to do for fun is I love to dance and I’m actually in a hockey team. It is not a good combination ‚but it explains a little about my different varieties of personality. I also love to travel and workout it relieves my stress and makes me feel motivated to succeed in anything I do. I am familiar with Vietnamese and Chinese culture because
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Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography was written to inform his son of the marvelous adventures he partook in‚ that his son knew nothing of. It didn’t matter to Franklin if his son were to publish his autobiography or not.Through this account of his life‚ Franklin indirectly showed the gender imbalance of the time period. It’s most likely Franklin didn’t think women were inferior‚ he just went with the time period. During his autobiography he mainly talked of the male characters in his life. The female
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Cultural Autobiography I am an African American woman‚ who was born and raised on the Southside of Chicago. I am the youngest girl of four siblings and I am also the only biological child my parents had together. My dad had two kids from a previous marriage. My mom‚ even though she was not married had a child before she met my dad. I would say I felt special growing up knowing this information that I had this special bond with both my parents‚ but it was quite the opposite. See‚ in my family
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In Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography‚ Samuel Keimer is a character who represents the antithesis of Franklin. The development of Keimer not only improves the reader’s understanding of the minor character‚ but also of Franklin‚ the major character. Franklin makes a point of showing the reader each of Keimer’s faults and contrasting them with his own merits.<br><br>When Keimer is first introduced to the reader‚ he is in very much the same circumstances as Franklin; they are two young men trying to
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