Tradition Argumentative Essays Samples For Students

Hiroshige's Woodblock Print of a Sudden Shower over Ohashi and Atake, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

The ideals and concepts of Chinese art today rely on the foundation of the country’s rich history and more importantly on two early artists, Hokusai and Hiroshige. Each of these artists has a different perspective in the way they view art and its design. Hiroshige views art as a replica of the environs that surround an individual. For Hiroshige, art should be a virtual display of our surroundings, and it should capture in detail every aspect that comprises of the environment. In order to translate the feeling of reality resorts to employing different colors in his artwork. Hokusai on the other ...

“Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course.”

These were words of Lemony Snicket, which is the pen name of an American novelist known as Daniel Handler. He has written various books and novels for children and adults in form of literature, and fiction, as well as mystery and thrillers. In his books he usually recognizes traditions, but he believes traditions should not restrict him or his lifestyle. In relation to Shirley Kackson the writer of The Lottery, Daniel Handler could not allow traditions to limit human behavior. However, Christopher Lasch, argues that conservatives unwittingly support social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values.
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“Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course.”

These were words of Lemony Snicket, which is the pen name of an American novelist known as Daniel Handler. He has written various books and novels for children and adults in form of literature, and fiction, as well as mystery and thrillers. In his books he usually recognizes traditions but he believes they should not tie him. In relation to Shirley Kackson the writer of The Lottery Daniel Handler could not allow traditions to limit human behavior.
Traditions are renowned of shaping the name or the fame of a given society. Although, traditions may define as the history of a ...

Response Essay for “Killing Women: A Pop Music Tradition”

Since the birth of multi-media, people became more exposed to several cultural elements that through time turned into an instrument of social torture. To most people, media is a form of entertainment that embodies their social interests in different forms. One of the popular and most effective form of media that has been a part of cultural legacy since the beginning of civilization is music. After several generations, music has evolved dramatically to the point that it also became an influential element in domestic violence. Others may only see music as a form of art that promotes stress relief and a way to ...

It essential to denote that the ancient myths have worked itself into a modern day discourse as evident in the modern day televisions and cinema. The above is true owing the fact that the modern day medium incorporates modern format of communications that in essence provides a platform where people can communicate or rather pass messages to many other people across the globe. With the above said, it is imperative to make apparent the fact that the modern day formats of communication fosters the exchange of mythological discourse to a much greater audience more than ever before. Arguably, in the contemporary times, ...

Ningbo’s newly completed Central Business District (CBD) belies its status as one of China’s oldest cities. The austere downtown landscape is the equivalent of architecture’s white-washed wall: a place of erasure, forgetting, and dubious progress. With the completion of Wang Shu’s Ningbo Museum in 2008, however, the Ningbo of the present is confronted by the forgotten landscape of its not too distant past. A craggy mountain of a building inspired by the region’s natural topographical features as well its unique crafts and architectural traditions, the Ningbo Museum is not simply an obligatory nod to ...

The world appears to have a different view when it comes to the role of women in the household and in society. Women are often seen as slaves of men as they have become exposed to various kinds of abuse, violence, and injustices. There have been prominent figures in different cultures and societies who struggled to give women a better place in the world as they become recognized as an important part of the social order. While some women movements in the Western world have become successful in this endeavor, the same attempts have been futile in the Muslim ...

Of all the varieties of conceptual models of the information society, for the purposes of this study, it is important to include at least two aspects: first, characterizing the functioning of culture at the named stage of social development and, secondly, a new type of relations in the system of "individual - society". The first of them is determined by the mosaic of culture, the increasing role of virtualization, media saturation, changing patterns of behavior, loss of a clear hierarchy of values that actually leads to the disappearance of the notion of norm. Second - characterizes crisis of paternalistic society, increase ...

I didn’t know that faith, beliefs and tradition are very important in our culture. Until recently I was considering faith as just a sense of hope. I didn’t know that faith is so strong, so marveling and above all determines our beliefs and traditions. Of course I knew that my traditions and beliefs are important in shaping my characters all aspects of my interactions. In fact I had a broad knowledge of facts and postulations within my culture that shaped my experience based on my beliefs and traditions. Thus, I was able to understand the importance of faith, tradition and ...

Gothic Literature
Gothic novel originated in England, in the last quarter of the XVIII century. It opens up a world, freed from the everyday plausibility. This world is fantastic, with a gloomy color and plot, covered with historical and geographical romance and sinister atmosphere. Gothic novel is more than two hundred years; it has changed, has become modern, but have not lost its essential characteristics – pleasant horror, tension and excitement.

British Gothic Novel

Gothic novel in England has been very popular since the XVIII century. The “father” of this genre of literature is considered to be Horace Walpole, with the novel The ...

The industrial revolution was a period that begun in 1750 and set in motion the myriad of industries that would underpin the revolution. Manufacturing and processing became a preeminent activity during this period and in the process granting individuals employment opportunities. The manufacturing plants and industries in there increased the demand for labor, and this led to the uptake of children and women into the workforce.
This approach resulted in far-reaching effects on the society. For the rural families, urbanization and industrialization created a myriad of problems. For instance, it resulted in an elevated occurrence of parental defiance from ...

1. Introduction
Western philosophy has long been preoccupied with justifying the manner in which one should lead one’s life. In order to do this, they have logically often recurred to reason in order to explain why they believe that this particular way is the manner in which one should lead one’s life. Therefore, reason has played a central role in developing ethical theories almost since the inception of philosophy. Nevertheless, different authors have offered varied accounts of what reason means to them. Two of the most important of these thinkers were Aristotle and Kant, who understood this ...

The United States has a secret competitive advantage over most other nation. The advantage, however, is not one that normally comes to mind in the public or is a focus of attention of the media or politicians. The advantage is that the U.S. attracts the largest number of immigrants in the world, and it has been doing so since its founding. Indeed, since the late 1700s, over 55 million people have immigrated to the U.S. and made it their home (ACLU). To be sure, except for the Native Americans, every other U.S. citizen is either an immigrant or a ...

The Texas Constitution was written in the 1870s and despite all of its amendments, the constitution is still used today and this shows that the document has been able to survive and adapt over time (Sandoval, 2011). However, there are many reasons as to why the Texan Constitution needs to be reformed as soon as possible as it can no longer survive in the twenty-first century due to its complexions. Therefore, this essay will argue that the Texas Constitution needs to be rewritten based on the following reasons: it is a long constitution that is out-dated and in need of ...

In this essay, three artists - Bruce Nauman, Alexis Smith and Do-ho Suh - are going to be described with the aim to understand what the common denominator of their art is. There seems to be little common ground, actually the three artists share many characteristics of their creation. While Nauman studied art as well as mathematics thereafter learning in the arts and can be considered and abstract painter, who was influenced by Dada movement, who refuses to be confined to particular class of art, Do-ho Suh was influenced by traditional painting of Korean tradition and although he grew ...

In many ways, the starting of Civil War challenged the ideology of women who initially were given the responsibility of household chores. The Victorian domesticity that defined the lives of women and men during the antebellum era was challenged. They left the household chores and became actively involved in the civil war. Instead of sitting idly and waiting for men to come home from the battlefield, they engaged themselves in the civil war. Many women offered the support during the civil war as aides, nurses while others took a different upfront approach and secretly enlisted themselves in the army and ...

Culture can be defined as norms, values and customs practiced by the community members. Cultures differ from one community to another, and it earns respect from most of the people practicing it. In some instances, conflicts arise when some people opt to sideline their culture, therefore, forcing condemnation from their fellow tribes’ men. Other communities may term the culture of their neighbors to be barbaric and backward, and it fuels enmity and hatred between the parties involved (Mitchell, Adrian, and Homer 69). From the past, people have been taught to respect the culture of their fore fathers and they ...

The two-party system in the United States arose out of an ideological debate on the nature of government and the country’s historical circumstances. While the parties were viewed as both sinister to the existent of the state by the founding fathers, the two party system was borne out of a debate pushed by Washington’s supporters including Madison and Hamilton. The parties emerged as a temporary solution to provide an ideological vehicle for voters to express their preference on whether they preferred a big government or not. The Federalist Party, led by Hamilton favoured a strong government and a close association between the government ...

Is knowledge just a systematic organization of facts?

The term “knowledge” relates to the one of most debatable notions in philosophy, and the subject of epistemology. Lots of theories have been developed in order to find out what knowledge means, and what one means, when one says he/she knows something. To what extent can knowledge be viewed as nothing more than systemic organization of facts? While some scientists claim that knowledge represents a system of facts, others develop far more inclusive definitions of knowledge. Studying different ways one knows and learns things in different areas of knowledge helps to prove that knowledge can be seen as including other ...

Italian futurism was a movement launched in Milan the capital of Italy by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in 1909 and its main aim was to capture and embrace the idea of modernity, the sensations and the aesthetics of movement, speed and industrial development. It had a manifesto, dubbed as the futurist manifesto and published on the front of a French newspaper le Figaro.
In the futurist manifesto, Marinetti criticized passatismo, the cultural tradition in Italy. It further called for the destruction of libraries, feminism and museums. Sooner than could be thought, futurism had expanded into an international movement. Its participants gave additional ...

Whenever we talk about education, we always see modern system and our present social environment. But education is also about the past and the how this past can influence our future. Selecting and interpreting the factors that influence the development of an individual is the task that always shows personal perspective. Education by itself is a complex social element, when we analyze its current characteristic. But what if we look at education from historical view and the influence of culture on the formation of modern educational system? This integration of the subject inevitably results in a high degree of personal judgment. ...

What is most common in people’s mind in regards what characterizes a conservative person, it is widely accepted that conservative is an individual with rather “old-fashioned” ideas, or one that sticks to tradition. Usually a conservative person refuses to follow the stream and embrace new concepts. According to the Oxford Dictionaries, conservative as an adjective means “holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation, typically in relation to politics or religion” (oxforddictionaries.com), while in terms of what defines a conservative person, Oxford Dictionaries note that it is “a person who is averse to change and holds to traditional ...

Before you are some basic arguments against gay marriage: The first is that it defies what is believed to be an ancient tradition that has always been that of the union of a man and a woman. That definition is very basic and the general idea is if this rule which was supposedly created by god is broken there will be negative consequences. We believe that lifelong heterosexual monogamy is natural; gay relationships are not. Homosexual relationships are not natural in terms of they have no function in relation to procreation, they can’t have kids but that doesn’t make ...

A question about same-sex marriage is becoming one of the most debated and controversial topics in modern society. More and more countries start to recognize it legally but is it an evidence of freedom and tolerance or decrease of society’s moral values? Same-gender marriage proponents criticize people with different point of view, claiming them as narrow-minded and bigoted, labeling them as “homophobic”. I think that same-sex marriages are unnatural and wrong from the view of morality, ethics, and religion. Let’s see why it is so and what is on this side of the issue.
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Goodman mentioned about the American courts’ decision to overturn statute that they deemed unconstitutionally vague and related kinds. However, in case of laws based on customs, he said that they fail the criteria of universality. But then again, his stand was that moral relativism might exclude some values as inherently part of one’s cultural background. Nonetheless, for him, what is basically wrong, cannot in principle, be above consensus even among the majority of a particular group or society. Thus, the number of individuals cannot make a wrong right. Here I agree with Goodman because he unequivocally treated his claims with ...

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Protecting the Right to Act Autonomously: A Philosophical Argument for Euthanasia

There is a long tradition of support for voluntary euthanasia in Western civilization. The ancient Greeks and Romans “did not believe that life needed to be preserved at any cost and were, in consequence, tolerant of suicide in cases where no relief could be offered to the dying” The ancient schools of philosophy, the Stoics and Epicureans, believed that an individual who no longer wanted to live and chose to commit suicide should be supported in their decision. Thomas More, writing in the 16th century, foresaw a utopian community in which individuals suffering from intolerable pain and burdened by ...

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The Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, in many of his works, tends to celebrate the idealized relationship between man and nature. He feels that nature is absolutely beautiful and powerful, and is connected to man through the divine spirit of God. In "Mont Blanc," he refers to God when talking about the titular mountain and the Arve River, and in "Hymn to Intellectual Beauty" he cites a "spirit of beauty" as something that us the source of all truth and joy (766). "Ode to the West Wind" utilizes a terza rima format for its five cantos of text - here, it ...

Essay 1: Compare And Contrast How You, Lao Tzu and Homer Would Respond To The Old Testament

Lao Tzu is the spiritual leader behind the philosophy of Taoism. He is best known for his writings which currently form the foundations of Taoism. Taoism basically seeks to help people achieve harmony and peace with nature through distancing themselves from the world. It encourages people to avoid issues happening around the world as the only way in which they will attain inner peace with themselves. Homer was also a philosopher and one of the first influential writers in Greek. He was known for his many poems which were used as a standard to evaluate ones level of education in ancient ...

Paternity leave is yet to receive the full recognition it deserves. Employers and the society at large make the assumption that, since fathers are not directly affected by the birth of a child, paternity leave is merely a convenient provision of the law that ought to be overlooked. Only a few employers led by the federal government, offer paternity leave with pay. Many other employers offer paternity leave without pay. The question that arises then is whether employers ought to pay employees on paternity leave. Of course, my response is in the positive. Men, like their female counterparts, need a break to get ...

When Worlds Collided: The Fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Order

The conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by the Ottoman Turks brought the final curtain down on the Roman epoch, of which the Byzantine Empire was the final, glorious manifestation. When Constantine the Great established the city of Constantinople in 330 A.D., he re-constituted the old Roman order along a new East/West axis. Henceforth, the beleaguered empire would be administered from two capitals, but few could foresee that this arrangement would create a religious and political schism that would make rivals of the two great cities. Gradually, the Byzantines eclipsed Rome by virtue of Constantinople’s mighty walls and the city’s ...

In religious study, the line between priest and prophet can often become somewhat blurred. It can be quite difficult to discern exactly what constitutes a priest or prophet, and what ultimate role they have in the fellowship and service of the church. From the days of Israel, prophets have been said and seen to bring people the word of God through direct communication with Him, while priests have to interpret his word, bring people to God, and advise them through the careful study and scholarship that they have endured. Priests and prophets alike have very unique and specific roles to ...

In each country, people are classified through their nationality, and language; especially if they are tourists or immigrants. Official documents are handed to a person proving his or her nationality. However, in some regions like in the Middle East, there are clans and tribes who opt to remain in between country borders and remain stateless. These people are known as the Bedouin. Aside from political and economic issues, the issue of the Bedouin has also reached the attention of various organizations, governments, and the general public over their unique situation and there risks they had to live on. As of ...