Wealth and Tradition in “Woman from America” In Bessie Head’s short story “Woman from America‚” the speaker acts merely as a voice for the community to which she belongs in‚ both sharply contrasting the aforementioned woman in socio-economic class and obedience to authority. With no description of the narrator and an explanation of the community setting only in relation to the woman‚ Head emphasizes the woman from America as the focal point of this narrative. Rather than serving a significant
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Hank Stuever utilizes many rhetorical devices to reinforce his point that Christmas traditions can be anything‚ they don’t have to be something that is seen as traditional. For example‚ shopping. It is important to both economics‚ and many family traditions. On page 308‚ he says that if people “pine for simpler Christmases of handmade toys and ornaments” so that they can go back to simpler times‚ then‚ “[It would] truly transport us back into the very world of the Depression-era American girl dolls
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the Voyages of Zhen He? The government believed that little could be gained by exploring. *The greatest mariners of the Atlantic in the early Middle Ages were the Vikings. *In addition to sailing up the Pacific coast‚ early Amerindians from South America also colonized the West Indies. *What 2 nations began a maritime revolution that profoundly altered the course of world history? Portugal and Spain *Why didn’t the Indian states take a lead in exploring the Atlantic? The ships of the Mediterranean
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NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE BETWEEN TRADITION AND INNOVATION Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was the first American writer of novels dealing with psychological and social issues. Moreover‚ he is‚ together with Edgar Allan Poe‚ an innovator of the American short story. The key-elements in Hawthorne’s work are the reflection and‚ at the same time‚ the criticism of the Old Puritanism’s exaggerations‚ the obsessive preoccupations related to cases of conscience. In Hawthorne’s short stories there can
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the beginning of the Marine Corps‚ NCOs have played a pivotal and vital role‚ not only in the evolution but in the success of the Marine Corps and its missions. From being the embodiment of the Corps‚ and to upholding all of its vast history and traditions‚ whether that be its core values of honor‚ courage‚ and commitment or its saying‚ “Semper Fidelis.” On every battlefield our country has ever been on since the founding of the Corps on November 10‚ 1775‚ Marines have been there to face and defeat
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Jonkonnu in Jamaica. A dying tradition or a vibrant practice. According to Pamela and Martin Mordecai‚ they opined that culture is referred to “whatever traditions‚ beliefs‚ customs‚ and creative activities characterize a given community.” Every group has its own specific culture‚ its own way of seeing‚ doing and making its own traditions. Jonkunnu is a Jamaican traditional dance of African origin. Cheryl Ryman postulated that Jonkonnu linked music and dance‚ mime and symbols as the
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Southeast Asian nationalism was indeed primarily influenced by tradition and culture but further inspection and analysis of the history during that era would prove otherwise. In this paper‚ I will argue that although tradition and culture did initially influence the development of Southeast Asian nationalism‚ its indigenous and traditional influence waned as external Western ideology overshadowed it. In British Burma and Dutch East Indies‚ tradition and religion played a dominant role in influencing the
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How did extreme nationalism alter the Enlightenment tradition? To Volkish thinkers‚ the Enlightenment and parliamentary democracy were foreign ideas that corrupted the pure German spirit. With fanatical devotion‚ Volkish thinkers embraced all things German: the medieval past‚ the German landscape‚ the simple peasant‚ and the village. They denounced the liberal-humanist tradition of the West as alien to the German soul. Among the shapers of the Volkish outlook was Wilhelm von Riehl (1823–1897)‚ a
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RETHIKING TRADITION IN MODERN ISLAMIC THOUGT A Book Review RETHIKING TRADITION IN MODERN ISLAMIC THOUGT I. Introduction Since the middle of the nineteenth century‚ Muslim thinkers have faced numerous and repeated challenges to classical Islamic ideas about religious authority. Upheavals in the Muslim world have stimulated widespread reexamination of the classical sources of Islamic law as Muslims have struggled to preserve‚ adapt‚ or redefine their social and legal norms in the face of
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‘Tradition is the enemy of happy families’ is an article written by Jack O’Sullivan. Here‚ the author informs readers about the tragedy faced by modern couples after the birth of their young ones. It also goes on to explain how the “mother and father” slip into the stereotypical roles consisting of being the home-maker and the provider respectively. The author uses a variety of anecdotes and scientific studies and facts which also to some extent help persuading the readers that having a stripling
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