The Vietnamese culture is a truly complex culture. In traditional interpersonal relationships‚ Vietnamese people list their family name first‚ then their middle name‚ and their first name listed last. First names are not passed down and names usually have meaning. Most names are able to be used for either gender. Each family member has a designated kinship term‚ which are used when family members address one another. The Vietnamese culture is more concerned with status‚ obtained with age and educational
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For this paper I will examine Vietnamese culture according to the five essential questions all cultures must answer (according to Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck). I will then take those answers and compare then to out culture here in America. I realize that some might argue that using North American culture as a starting point is an attempt to simplify this writing‚ but I believe that any initial examination of something new is most effectively done in comparison to what one already knows. The first
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“You’re going to get us killed or in the secret service‚” Bess Marvin said angrily‚ sliding Today’s Times across the kitchen table to Nancy Drew. “The case you solved last week has got the eyes of everyone on us‚ not only did you kill the secretary of state’s son‚ but you left a trace that leads right back to us” Nancy pushed her reddish blond hair back from her face and looked up distractedly from the table‚ which was covered with the components of her car’s tape deck. It kept eating her tapes
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Imagine having a disease that cannot be cured called multiple sclerosis. People are staring at you calling you handicapped and disabled. Just take a second and imagine you losing the full use of your limbs. Nancy Mairs has this heartbreaking condition. But‚ Mairs does not refer to herself as handicapped or disabled. In this passage‚ Mairs presents herself as "crippled." One of the ways that Mairs presents herself is when she says "I want them to see me as a s tough customer‚ one to whole the
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Yen Nguyen Dr. Charles Lejeun ENGL 101 W Jun 21st‚ 2013 The Drastic Changes of Vietnamese Music Music plays an important role in the spiritual life of man in Vietnam. Vietnamese music‚ also known as V-Pop‚ in the early 90s decade was loved by so many music listeners in the country and therefore achieved a certain foothold in the hearts of those that were Vietnamese music’s lovers at that time. However‚ there are significant elements that make the current V-Pop drastically change
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Health Sciences English Communication Skills (Eng203) Critical analysis of “Disability” by Nancy Mairs Priscilla Farah May 11‚ 2012 Author of disability Nancy Mairs who’s a feminist and a cripple‚ has accomplished a lot in writing and teaching. Her remarkable personality shows in many of her essays especially in Disability which was first published in 1987 in the New York Times. In this essay‚ Nancy Mairs shows how disabled people are constantly excluded‚ especially from the media. By giving
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Tet holiday‚ which takes place in late January and early February‚ is the most important festival to Vietnamese people. It has become so familiar to the Vietnamese that when spring arrives‚ Vietnamese people‚ wherever they may be‚ are all thrilled and excited‚ whishing to come back to their homeland for the great festivities and moreover‚ for family reunion. Those who have settled down abroad all turn their thoughts to their countries and try to celebrate the festival in the traditional ay‚ never
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culture you ’re in! Our society doesn ’t value older‚ wiser‚ or more experienced people”. That statement may sound a little dramatic but is it true that American elderly is not well treated? In this paper‚ I aim to discuss about the American and Vietnamese society’s treatment of elderly. Moreover‚ I also suggest some explanations for the differences between the ways two cultures treat its old people. First of all‚ the strength of the America is: living condition. The developed economy and technology
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Riley King Mrs. Wombles English 1301 7 April 2013 Nancy Mairs “Here is my troubled body‚ dreaming myself into life: a guttering candle in a mound of melted wax‚ or a bruised pear‚ ripe beyond palatability‚ ready for the compost heap” (Mairs). Nancy Mairs is a shining example of how mentally strong and passionate a person with an extreme physical disability can be. She refuses to indulge in the societies way of feeling sorry for those who are unfortunate‚ as in her case. Mairs is an independent
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In “On Being a Cripple” by Nancy Mairs‚ she includes the rhetorical devices such as shift in tone‚ from critical to a frustrated acceptance‚ diction‚ ethos‚ logos and the use of euphemism to educate
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