Essays on Tradition

Humanity has been marked by progression. Generations have developed reacting to one another and to the different events around the world. In "Generation Me on Trial", the author Jean M. Twenge criticizes millennial and their mode of conduct. He argues that they have only lived in a world where reality television programs and social networks like FaceBook, and that this has greatly influenced the way they behave. He finds that they are lacking in empathy, not being able to understand what other people, including minorities, feel when being attacked. There has also been a downfall in assuming the consequences Continue reading...

The tradition of celebrating Halloween dates back from the ancient legends and folklore across the world. In Catholic countries, November 1 is the All Saints Day, which marks a special celebration of the saints’ good deeds here on earth. November 2 is considered as the All Hallows Eve, a day said to believe that spirits of the dead return to the land to visit their loved ones. Originally, the tradition of Halloween dates back since the Middle Ages, based on the ancient pagan festivity in Ireland. This celebration is called ‘Samhain,’ (pronounced as sow-een) which means ‘the end of Continue reading...

In the short story “The Lottery”, written by Shirley Jackson in 1948, the author showcases a dystopian future in which tradition and a sense of community is placed above the individual. An ironic twist at the end turns a pleasant, slice-of-life story about a developing society into a morality tale in which our obsession with tradition is taken to its most extreme conclusion. The characters tacitly endorse horrific violence, showing the real monsters that lie at the very core of human nature. With “The Lottery,” Jackson wishes to showcase the foolishness of mob mentality and the gradual erosion of Continue reading...

The Lottery is a short fiction written by Shirley Jackson. It is a story about a shocking tradition practiced by the people in a certain town. Shirley ironically gives the lottery a bad the ceremony of public stoning, contrary to what it originally means; winning a lot of money. The story focuses around a village during a ceremony they call the lottery that ensures there is enough rain for their crops. In the story, a number of literary devices are used by the author, for example, irony, symbolism, foreshadowing, only to mention but a few. The author uses these Continue reading...

Introduction:

The Spiritual Imperative looks at the Mardu the indigenous people of the Australian interior. These Aborigines may have the oldest continuing hunter-gatherer culture in the world. They do not use metal tools, agriculture, or keep domesticated animals. This is hard to do because the region is barren making it a difficult place to live in even with the most modern technology. A large part of their success is due to their ancient culture that helps them survive there. They think of everything they do as a religious action, including their nomadic lifestyle.
Aborigines share a Dreaming religious heritage that Continue reading...

English

Mending Wall by Robert Frost is a simple poem which airs the views and opinions of two farmers. One farmer is rather conventional and wants to repair and rebuild the boundary wall between the two houses during spring. The only reason behind this decision is that of tradition. The tradition of rebuilding the wall in spring has been followed by his grandfathers and father, and hence, he wants to keep up with the tradition. He further maintains and believes in the age old adage, “Good Fences Make Good Neighbours”.
The other farmer is unconventional and reflects before taking an Continue reading...

Introduction

'The Lottery' published in 1948 is one of the most controversial stories of its time. Centered on the theme of tradition, this short story was written by Shirley Jacksons, a notable American author. The story begins with a date mentioned as 27th June of an unspecified year with 300 residents of a small rural town gathering to take part in an annual tradition called 'the lottery'.The opening of the story also mentions about the village boys stuffing their pockets with stones but its connection with the lottery is revealed in the later part of the story. Meanwhile, each household Continue reading...

The problem is the conflict between feminism and ‘respect for culture’. There are different opinions on how it should be resolved. There is also a “misunderstanding of the nature of cultures” (Saul 291). This problem occurs when Western feminists rise against what they think is abuse of women who live in non-Western countries. Some of these countries do practice rituals that are bad for the health of women, but in other cases there is cultural relativism which means that what is not acceptable in one culture is encouraged in another. The reasons for this are various and there have Continue reading...

Cross-cultural interaction studies how people with different cultural backgrounds communicate in different or similar ways among themselves and how they handle to communicate across culture. In music, cross-cultural interaction is related to ethnomusicology. Ethnomusicology is a field that studies various approaches of the study of music and the way material, biological, social cultural and other dimensions emphasis with it.
In this essay, I will approach two case studies related to two very different styles of music and the perception that human being have in its parts and the way of how this music influence and is seen by other Continue reading...

The old wooden black box not only represents the lottery traditions of the people in the small town, it also represents the longstanding dominance of men over women in the society. Changing the customs and traditions surrounding the lottery is deemed unacceptable by the residents as these traditions are deeply rooted with the history of the town. The Lottery serves as a satirical representation of conformity to traditions and customs that are both inhumane and excessive.
The lottery, which may have served as a kind of ritual for an abundance of harvest for the village before, has dwindled to Continue reading...

Introduction

The roman amphitheaters were places that hosted a range of delightful activities for the people of the Roman Empire. The amphitheaters are still in existence and have a rich historical symbolism of the appreciation of art that the Roman Empire had. Throughout history, theaters have been a symbol of delight and a place where people could express ideas about their cultures, politics and societal issues. The same is the case with the amphitheaters in North Carolina that are a symbol of the delight that emanates from music, dance, poetry and drama. The visual pieces that will be discussed have Continue reading...

For my field trip I decided to go to a “Night Club.” This experience is new to me because I have never seen a Night Club from the inside before. I did hear a lot of things about night clubs and those things that I heard made me curious about them. From I heard from fiends and from some the research I did in the internet, I learned that that people get drunk, dance, and then “make out” if they want to, in other words, night clubs are venues to have a one night stand or to find an Continue reading...

Christianity: St. Augustine

St. Augustine is a spiritual tradition that was developed in the ancient times for the Christian faith since Saint Augustine was a theologian and philosopher. His writings have been described to have unrivalled richness, and they have been used to greatly influence and develop the western Christianity and philosophy. The sacred concept from St. Augustine tradition lies on the fact that it has been able to establish a new faith for Christians following through the same tradition. The tradition was developed to adopt different methods and perspectives that would be used by Christians in the preceding years, and they Continue reading...

- Traditional Parents and Modern Children
Technology and modernity seem to have put parents and children on two opposing sides in the world today. While many parents would rather they stick to their traditional ways of bringing up children, children on the other hand have their own ways they would rather be brought up in other than what their parents are doing. Even so, the world today has no choice but to acknowledge the blend between modernity and tradition and both parents and children are left no choice but to acknowledge the challenges that are coming with this phenomenon. Continue reading...

Introduction

The Lottery is a short story designed by Shirley Jackson that was written back in 1948. It surrounds a small town in America in which lottery has an annual ritual. The story is very famous among many short stories of America literature. The amazing thing about the story to the writer is that its feedback was negative. Many readers after they read the story cancelled their subscriptions and talked ill in the entire summer. In other countries, the story was totally banned an outstanding example is South Africa.

Plot

The story revolves around a small town in America that offers Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

The story "The Lottery" is a story about the traditional meaningless rules. People from a certain village organize a lottery every year. They do not know the origin of the lottery; they just know that it has to be organized. Villagers blindly follow the rules of the lottery even though the price is to kill the chosen villager. This year, the winner is Tessie, a mother and a wife. Tessie is placed at the centre of the village, while the others including her husband and her children have to throw stones at her until they kill her. In this Continue reading...

and “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker
In Marriage is a Private Affair, the story tells of two people who are in love but because of tradition they are being kept apart. Nene and Nnaemeka are madly in love and are planning a wedding. Nene is from the city and Nnaemeka is from the rural area. Both lovers were from a different tribe and the Ibo ancestors have passed on the tradition or their beliefs that there should never be any marriage outside of the Ibo tribe. In Everyday Use by Alice Walker, traditions and culture also are at the Continue reading...

The plot of the story "The Lottery" takes place in a small village, in a community there everyone knows everyone. Until the very end of the story, the readers anticipate to see what the reward for the lottery is. The author, Shirley Jackson, describes the atmosphere on the day when the lottery is taking place. Everyone is happy, careless, and looks forward to the lottery. Children play happily and discuss the unimportant things, men speak about their small issues, and women speak about their everyday affairs. The author describes the origin of the black box, the way that the Continue reading...

Trick or treat is the practice of children putting on a costume and soliciting from their neighbors back in the middle ages. Trick or treat is children’s most favorite part of Halloween. During the medieval tradition about souls, poor people would go around the village to beg for food. In return, they present prayers on All Souls Day for the dead. The modern trick or treat practice is a tradition inherited from the act of disguising, and is still practiced in some areas in Scotland.
Trick or treating was a harmless way for children to acquire candies and Continue reading...

Of all the ancient cultures and traditions, it is perhaps premodern Japanese culture of a thousand years ago which has the closest connection to nature. The role of nature is woven into the human experience making the natural world an extension of a person. There is a deep connection between interior states of Japanese poets and writers in their literature to be represented by the meteorological conditions and beauty of plant and animal life. To fully understand the depth of this connection between nature and life, literature and the ancient Japanese religion of Shintoism are a window into the Continue reading...

The Eucharist had been surrounded by controversies and unresolved disputes between the representatives of different churches for over a thousand years. The priests, schoolmen and bishops disagreed on the connection between the bread and wine and the flesh and blood of the Christ; their disputes revolved around the procedural issues, and the impossibility of finding the common ground eventually led to the formation of different approaches toward the Eucharist and its elements. During the history of the Eucharistic liturgy, the number of people participating in it was gradually rising, while the level of the participation was falling down. Finally, Continue reading...

Introduction

Philosophy has and remains to be one of the most pivotal pillar that aids the understanding of various phenomenon. While this is true, it is sad the scope and origin of philosophy is never appreciated in the educational realm. A close analysis of schooling across various contexts shows that education dogma has often been perceived to be western dogma. This is not true based on the primary fact that philosophy, which forms the basis of education can be traced to the ancient Greek times. It is on this basis that Greek philosophy should be considered a tradition, which should Continue reading...

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Chinese art is one of the oldest art forms in the world. It is a visual art form in which the succession of many dynasties as well as landscapes, flora and fauna are displayed. The art was produced in large industrial factories and were sold within and outside of China. It is mainly based on Chinese culture and heritage. The Chinese tradition is displayed in various ways with the use of different techniques. This trade was carried out on a high scale to express how rich the Chinese tradition was. The art was, usually, carried out by scholars, Continue reading...

There are numerous dynamics that affect and directs themes, events and characters of a story. Time and change also affect stories in a substantial manner. The same has been described prominently in stories, “A rose for Emily” and “A&P”. Both these stories were written decades ago, and readers get a glimpse of the time and change of both these literary works. William Faulkner wrote, “A Rose for Emily” in 1930 while “A&P” was written by John Updike in the year 1961. This paper intends to discuss how time and change affect both these stories along with discussing other related Continue reading...

Eliot’s The Waste Land and Tradition seem to display the poet’s personal thoughts as opposed to the adhering to the existing literary tradition. Through this work, one is able to establish the position or the perception of Eliot with respect to traditional literal culture. Eliot seems to promote individual view as opposed to the traditional approaches of producing poetic work. Rainey notes that Eliot was against traditional approach, which in most cases forced the many poets to shun the individual for the literal tradition (134). To demonstrate his position concerning conflict between literal tradition and personal talent, Continue reading...

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The Africans especially, developed a system whereby they could keep their history and tradition alive. They developed an oral tradition of passing down information from one generation to the other. When the Africans were brought to America and to other parts of the world as slaves, they took with them their cultures, customs and languages and had to find ways to keep their origin alive. As a result of this situation, the slaves were able to perfect the art of expression through storytelling and songs. The oral tradition of telling stories is a powerful tool that transforms the Continue reading...

In the early 20th century, this theory had become prominent in the historical and literary criticism of New Testament; however, the supporters of the "theory of the two sources hypothesis” in chronological primacy make hypotheses about the lost collection. According to this theory, Mark and Quelle were basic and the main sources for Matthew and Luke. Many scholars have concluded that the evangelists Matthew and Luke had to use a single source. The existence of so-called duplicates in Matthew and Luke are also considered as a confirmation of the hypothesis Q. Sometimes similarities in Matthew and Luke are expressed Continue reading...

The Haitian culture shares several traits that are similar to Latin America. The religion found in Haiti is pre-dominantly Christian and comprises of 80 to 85 percent of Roman Catholics; whereas, the other 20 percent are Protestants. However, there is a slow growth of Muslim and Hindu population found in Haiti. One characteristic of the Haitian culture is specifically distinctive and that is the Vodou tradition. The Vodou culture is a mixture of traditions from several cultures including: Central and Western African, European, and Native Americans. Even though the Vodou tradition carries a negative connotation but it is still Continue reading...

New images usually shape the culture of the society in both profound and deep ways. This implies that photojournalism normally has a long and even a cherished tradition of truthfulness. Faking the photographs either by stage direction or picture manipulations has also claimed a long tradition. The media has been criticized for broadcasting very many gruesome images, which have hardened towards the violent injustices. The term photoshopping is slowly becoming synonymous with the photo manipulation. However, this practice is aging out with the new establishment of computer software, which is as old as the photography itself. Some commentators argue Continue reading...

Traditional and nontraditional cultures have similar and different aspects which are reflected on the behavior, values and beliefs which people hold. Traditional cultures are attributed to the fact that they borrow a lot from the tradition of a given group of people. These traditions are often imposed on the said people (Shiraev & Levy 2010). Non traditional culture on the other hand is achieved through socialization of traditions and is normally achieved through expansion of knowledge. When putting African Americans and Hispanics into perspective, these two cultures share a number of similarities and also have distinct differences with regard to Continue reading...

It was my first night in Ireland. Surrounded by trees of green and some of the friendliest people I have ever encountered, I had been told I needed to hear the most traditional Irish music. Passing through the busy streets of Dublin, I was anxiously excited to see one of the most famous shows - “Celtic Nights” held at one of the most popular pubs. Tickets to the show included a traditional Irish dinner as well, which included a pint of Guinness, beef tips in Guinness gravy, garlic mashed potatoes with onion straws, and then a sample dessert platter. Continue reading...

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Background
Chinese cuisine embarks a centuries-long cultural tradition of various styles and approaches originating from various regions of China and Chinese people living across the world. The origins of Chinese cuisine stretch back Continue reading...

Response Paper

In answering the question, Joyce, you demonstrate that you understood what the quiz requires and respond adequately. Modern art (rap and hip-hop) among African-Americans reflects the oral narratives characteristic of African traditions. Like traditional storytellers in Africa, African-American rappers tell stories about the tribulations of the Black population and others issues through rap and hip hop music (Wood 2004). Stating that rap and hip hop are real art due the way they follow a specific artistic tradition from African oral narratives, Joyce says that the art enables the rappers to deliver their messages to subsequent generations. She however does Continue reading...

“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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Presentation and Analysis of two poems – ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ by William Wordsworth and ‘Sailing’ by the writer of this essay – Reflections on the nature, tradition and reception of poetry as formed upon the readings of William Wordsworth’s ‘Preface to the Second Edition of Lyrical Ballads’ and T.S. Elliot’s ‘Tradition and the Individual Talent’ - Comparison and contrast of the two poems of the essay in terms of the extent to which the preceding one has imposed its effect on the most recent one
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Abstract

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Religious studies

Buddhism and Yoga are correlated customs that evolved in the same spiritual background of the ancient India. The two traditions have many similar terms, follow the same principles and also share the same practices. This maybe explains why there is such confusion in differentiating the two as most people see yoga and Buddhism as alike. The differences between the two traditions are less common to the people from the west than their resemblances. People who study these traditions tend to think that one is borrowing some practices and terms or principles from the other.
However, not only the people Continue reading...

The aim of this essay is to present you with an analysis and comparison of two poems. The poems which have been chosen are the ‘Turtle Soup’ written by Marilyn Chin (1957- ) in 1994 and the ‘Coca-Cola and Coco Frio’ written by Martin Espade (1957-) in 1993.
The essay will focus on the thematic core of both poems, the presentation in short of their meaning, the use of imagery in each one of them on behalf of each poet and their comparison in terms of putting across their message to their readers. The essay will highlight their difference in Continue reading...

Introduction

After being released in New Yorker, Sherley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” became the subject of criticism and controversy. In a sardonic yet hilarious tone, Jackson tries to portray human kind as weak and dark imposters.
The story is based on a small village, where people are closely bonded together through tradition. For example, one such tradition in which every member of the town takes part is known as “The lottery”. The rules of this tradition are such that lottery takes place annually and a person is randomly selected to be vigorously stoned by friends and family.
The Continue reading...

“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 Continue reading...