An American Culture Analysis

1. How can an understanding of the complexities of culture help us make sense of the day-to-day world which we live? Give an example from your life to illustrate your answer.

American culture has been referred to as a “melting pot.” Different cultures have added their own distinct aspects to society, making America a diverse country. Despite the plethora of cultures, certain norms, mores, and folkways are evident in American society. These ideas are vital to the function and stability of America. They provide guidelines for what is acceptable and not. In virtually every society, there are people who engage in deviant behavior and do not abide by the values that the rest of society follows. Theorists have debated if people are socialized into acting this way and if it is a social or personal problem. The sociological study of culture focuses on norms, mores, and folkways.

Contemporary American culture is defined as common themes of political attitudes, religious beliefs and news events that lead trends during the present time. Today, we see contemporary American culture portrayed in many more ways than that. We see it through art, music, and literature. In literature, for example, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula Le Guin, contemporary American culture is portrayed throughout. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas represents contemporary American culture by portraying the exploitation of others, the symbolism of Americas political systems and oppression of the lower classes, and the lacking of moral responsibility.

The fact that the interviewee grew up in a loving family justified some of the interviewee’s behaviors. Since his childhood, the interviewee was taught the importance of preserving his heritage. The fact that the interviewee’s father remained married to his mother until he died a few years ago seemed to be of great importance to the interviewee.

1,165 miles south of Atlanta, lies a fairly small island in the Caribbean Sea named Jamaica. This country is no bigger than the state of Rhode Island, yet holds its own unique culture. My mother and grandmother migrated to America about twenty years ago. About ten years ago my Grandmother and Uncle started a Jamaican shop, “Caribbean Connection” that sold an array of Caribbean goods and cooked a good selection of Jamaican dishes. This shop is my family’s way of preserving our culture. I don’t actually recall learning my family’s native language, which they call Patios, or otherwise known as Broken English or Creole English. Certain things such as religion, mannerism, our language, our food and our customs are very important to my family and

Throughout the 1960s there was a cultural phenomenon that started in the United States and spread like wildfire to multiple other cultures in the world. This phenomenon was also known as countercultures. This decade raised the 76.4 million Americans born during the baby boom generation. The babies of this boom entered their teen years during the 1960s and they definitely embraced a multitude new standards, dramatically different from the way their parents were raised. While some encompassed new ideals in dress, music and movies others joined countercultures and rebelled against the social norms with poetry, novels and art. Three of the most altering countercultures were the Hippies, the Sexual Revolution and the Gay Liberation.

My husband became very busy with his studies. He spent most of his time in the library while I was taking care of our apartment and our children. After two months, I became pregnant with my daughter. I was very bored sitting at home and I had the same feeling when I went outside because I could not speak even a single English word beyond numbers. Therefore, I was not able to stay alone at home for the whole day, particularly when my kids went to school; nor was I able to go out, mostly because of my limited English. While I was in this dilemma, I got to know an African American girl who drove my kids to school daily. She was the first American girl that I met. She was like a third gift to me. Fortunately,

American Day was held in the last day of September. Students and teachers were asked to dress up in red, blue, or white, which represent the color of the Star-Spangled Banner. In the morning, teachers told the students about unique American cultures such as Hip-Hop music, American football, fast food industry and so on. All these topics are the absolute pinnacles of American culture. The most exciting part for students was group games. Each teacher organized a small group of students to play games on the playground which emphases the importance of teamwork and the ability to respond in a short time. In the afternoon, students chose from highly recommended American movies by the teachers: Pirates of the Caribbean, The Imitation Game, The Secret

What would you do if you had to relocate from your home country and culture to a new country and culture? In my opinion although moving can be exciting its a hard change. Taking in a new culture in a new country doesn’t mean you have to lose all aspects of your home culture. IN the passages “Bonne Annee” and “My Favorite Chaperone” the main ideas revolve around the immigrates using their adversity to their advantage. The characters is the passages are facing difficulties with adapting to the new rules of american culture.

It is so exciting when a student finds out they are going to go to another county to attend school. They think about all the fun they will have making new friends and seeing new things. They make plans and see movies that will help prepare them for their new country. Sometimes this is helpful and sometimes it is not helpful. One student from my country watched movies and bought the clothes that would make him fit into American culture but he had watched vacation movies from the 1950s and was stuck wearing plaid shorts and Hawaiian shirts and plastic sandals all fall semester. He warned his friends to wait until they get to their school to buy clothes like everyone else is wearing. This was good advice but not every bit of good advice

I used to live(5) in Istanbul. I had never thought about live in another country. I had(1) a great life in there. I had a job in public, my all family members lives in there, and I had my own house. Moreover, I was studying(2) my master’s degree. I was pleased with my decisions.That was the life which I had wanted(3) when I was in college. after I met with my husband, my whole life changed.when we met first, I had not had any plans with him for future. After I fell in love with him, I decided to move to the USA. Even though I thought about moving to the USA would be temporarily for me, we changed our plans about future. We are going to live in Houston longer than I expect.

Once a small fishing village with almost no natural resources, Singapore has flourished into a point of pride for the world. As Nicolas Berggruen, a famous French investor and philanthropist said, “Singapore was created out of the swamp, with a strong emotional idea: a safe place mostly for Chinese, but accepting other cultures and other races.” Singapore had been at a disadvantage for most of its early age, until the achievement of its first world status towards the end of the 20th century. Much of this success can be attributed to the first prime minister of Singapore, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. Malcolm Gladwell in David and

American culture refers to the traditions and practices of the people of the United States. Culture comprises of the nature of buildings, religion, music language and marriage. The population of the United States is more than 320 million people making it the most culturally diverse country in the globe. Books such as Crabgrass Frontier, Manifest Destination and Muscular Christianity are important sources of information about American culture. This paper is a reflection on the methods that these books use in providing information about the evolution of the US culture. The paper examines the relationship between these three sources and ways they challenge or inform an understanding of the American society during the late 19th and early 20th century. There is an analysis of the efficiency of the issues tackled by these books in influencing the contemporary discourse surrounding American culture. The major argument of this paper is that Crabgrass Frontier, Manifest Destination and Muscular Christianity provide reliable information about the evolution of the US culture and they supplement each other through the use of relevant examples.

The United States of America being the third largest country in the world with more than 315 million inhabitants, consists of multicultural societies with ethnically diverse population. Since there are a lot of foreigners, the US culture has evolved in such a way accepting and tolerating other foreign cultures. US is very much influenced by protestant work ethics according to which people believe in themselves and their efforts to attain the goal of self-actualization and success. The rich diversity in the culture brought by foreigners, prevailing values of protestant ethics, hard work etc. have helped US to emerge as a superpower in the past years. Nearly every religion had its impact on US culture in one way or the other. The

However, the development of Singapore’s society cannot be predicated on pure economics alone. Even though globalization has enabled Singapore to fare well in economic development, however, termed the perils of success, globalization has brought about undesirable