Cultural Morality: Comparative Analysis between a Fine Balance and the Poisionwood Bible
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Cultural Morality
Comparative Analysis between A Fine Balance and the Poisionwood Bible
Cultural relativism really emphasizes the concept that each individual cultural belief differs from one societal class to another; in consequence, moral and ethical principles are related to what a certain culture perceives to be considered acceptable or unacceptable, right or wrong. Jack Donnelly, a teacher at the University of Denver, he states, "when internal and external judgments of a practice diverge," an uncontrollable rivalry, " cultural relativists give priority to be the internal judgements of a society" (89). Cultural relativism correlates with the idea that ones own personal religious belief is above anyone else's, thus, all beliefs in…show more content… She critiques European and American imperialist policies toward Africa, oppressive patriarchal attitudes toward women, racial oppression in the American Sourh, and alienation cultural assumptions about disabled people." Her usage of Nathan and his family symbolizes the western world as she deploys her political agenda. Nathan Price; the father of the Price family, exhibits an extreme part of the arrogance and the ethnocentrism of America. As the dictator of the family, he represents the American government. His family clearly shows they do not want to stay in the Congo but yet he idiotically refuses similarly to an American government that is purposefully blind to its own corruption. Smith also says, "Price's extreme obsession, which leads eventually to abandoning his family, to insanity or at least insane behaviour, and death is the outcome of his desperate need to maintain his social gendered and nationalistic supremacy." The rest of the family symbolizes the people as Nathan controls them like a government. As the story continues, Leah, Adah and Ruth May all depict various ways people handle the government. Ruth May, young and oblivious, believes that everything her father did was right, however it is not entirely her fault, much like most people who are ignorant towards the issues of ethnocentrism. In conclusion, Ruth May faces death for het ignorance. Ruth May doesn't avoid the snakes as one who is familiar