Can Literature Spark Cultural Difference?

Literature is used in English to portray themes and teach the readers morals. Fahrenheit 451 illustrates how one should appreciate the education and resources available to them as it may not always be around. A Raisin in the Sun shows how dreams may be deferred, but they will never die. Of Mice and Men exhibits idealized friendship and the impossibility of the American dream. The Crucible depicts that madness will emerge in society if no one is held accountable for their actions. Money can’t buy happiness is a

Think about life hundreds of years ago, think about their literature, and what their writings were based off. Society has a significant impact on art, music, and literature. Over the years American literature has evolved. This evolution is a reflection of history. Time periods reflect changes in society, politics, and religion. Each time period has a distinct characteristic. The evolution of literature is shown by

Literature affects my southern heritage in several different ways which can be seen in everyday life. These ways are slang or jargon, foods, and spiritual upbringing. Families in the south use these ways every day and do not realize where they come from. Such influences can be seen in several author’s works in books and also from life’s experiences. Literature can be a tool to teach or can just be something to enjoy and realize where our southern heritage becomes real.

In America and other countries of similar and contrasting cultures, we like to be right, we like to be on top, and we want to be recognized for both respectively. Competition is an underlying theme in so much of what we do in our daily lives. Whether it’s getting a better grade on a test than your friend, winning a football game or even speeding up faster than the car next to you when the light turns green. Competition, whether we like it or not, surrounds us and we participate in it willingly. We all want to stand on that podium and receive the gold medal, for then we are better than someone else and we can look down upon him or her because we have achieved something they have not. This competition and trying to be better than the person

Poetry can serve as a medium of influence in its own niche community. A great example of influence and outreach is the poem “The Colonel” by Carolyn Forche. The poem is spreading the message about human rights in third world Latin countries and does so beautifully. It builds up the suspense by starting out so ordinary and with unusual interjections such as “pistol on the cushion beside him” or a complaint about tough times of governing. Readers and audience get to know the atrocities of the Colonel but at the same time one could understand the tough times of governing a corrupt country such as the ones in Latin America. Many times the issue is ethical imperialism, applying the moral values of one country to another and forcing them to adopt

Poetry has a role in society, not only to serve as part of the aesthetics or of the arts. It also gives us a view of what the society is in the context of when it was written and what the author is trying to express through words. The words as a tool in poetry may seem ordinary when used in ordinary circumstance. Yet, these words can hold more emotion and thought, however brief it was presented.

people express their feelings. One of the themes that you often occur in lyrical poems and plays

Throughout the entirety of "Cultural Diversity: A World View", Thomas Sowell clearly establishes the distinction between the modern interpretation of "diversity" and that which he accepts as truth. Sowell uses this separation from the accepted definition of diversity as a foundation upon which he builds his argument. In disentangling both himself and his statements from the convoluted explanations of diversity, he is able to view this concept through a historical and global lens which gives a solid basis for his argument. This approach can be observed through the first major point presented which highlights the inevitable impact which all cultures have on other groups. Whether it is an exchange of natural resources, such as

I think everyone have to do something to prove themselves but the two authors that i´m going to to talk about went through so much to prove that they were meant for greatness.The two authors who i am going to talk about are Sherman Alexie and Maya Angelou, their stories are ¨Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian¨ and ¨Occupation: Conductorette¨. This essay is about two stories that talk about overcoming racism and diversity to prove that they are more than what people assume about them.

How does reading stories from different cultures affect our interpretation of that culture? Stories affect how we view a culture as a whole, while also showing how different cultures value different ideas or objects. In stories from different cultures we learn many things about that culture that we can ultimately compare and relate to our own culture.

Literature is an imitation of societal values and is thus a reflection of the human experience of a time period. Written works emphasize the elements of culture, by means of characters, particular events, setting and theme, specific to the time period in which it was composed. Furthermore, literature mirrors the troubles or hardships of society and projects the core values that define said society. Thus, as culture has changed over time, literature has remained a critical facet in representing time periods of the past. Essentially, the culture of a time period is manifested through writing in the projection of society’s values, symbolism of the center of community and literature itself.

Multicultural literature is a way of increasing cultural awareness. Through multicultural books many young readers are able to make a connection with their own culture

Works of literature are not independent of each other or of the world, this is a basic truth. Each piece of literature has ties to other works, even with no intention of doing so. These ties can be as broad as to do with racism, or as narrow as to do with the death of Abraham Lincoln. “kitchenette building” by Gwendolyn Brooks exhibits a tie with Robert Conley’s “Plastic Indian” and both literary works exhibit a tie to the article “Poetry, Transformation, and the Column of Tears” by Jane Hirschfield. This tie is one that many people from all around are familiar with which is the unfortunate state of unmet dreams

Literature has different colours and shades. It is the reflection of day- today incidents in human life. It is the accurate picture of social lifestyle. The incidents and events of daily life are mirrored in it. In modern life, violence and terror became the part and parcel of our daily life. The world is becoming the victim of terrorist activities. There is dramatic fall and devaluation of moral values in the modern society. Commercialism and materialism are eating into the moral fiber of our society like a cancerous

Literature is not made up of just stories. Poems and songs can be attributed to literature. Poetry and songs, like the nursery rhymes of childhood, are also vital to a culture. Sometimes a story is told in the form of a poem or song. And sometimes a poem or song can be pure entertainment. However labeled in a culture, the poems and songs