Losing Too American Culture Analysis

Recently, I had taken the time to interview Budan. His full name is Mr. Giovanni Budan. He is 27 years old. He’s an Italian – American man who is happily married for 13 years and is living with his wife in Almaden Valley in San Jose California. He’s pursuing a degree in Marriage and Family Therapist. His major approach was to study Behavioral Science. He was employed in big organizations like Apple and Google. Currently, he was working as a Chef. He belonged to the joint family. His family consists of his Parents and three Siblings out of which there were two sisters and one brother. His maternal grandparents lived near his home since his childhood. There were two aunts and five cousins from the maternal side but on the parental side there was the only grandmother. He was very close to his maternal side family.

Every individual has traditions passed down from their ancestors. This is important because it influences how families share their historical background to preserve certain values to teach succeeding generation. N. Scott Momaday has Native American roots inspiring him to write about his indigenous history and Maxine Hong Kingston, a first-generation Chinese American who was inspired by the struggles of her emigrant family. Kingston and Momaday manipulate language by using, metaphors, similes, and a unique style of writing to reflect on oral traditions. The purpose of Kingston’s passage is to reflect upon her ancestor’s mistake to establish her values as an American

Discuss Ruth McBride 's refusal to reveal her past and how that influenced her children 's sense of themselves and their place in the world. Why was she reluctant to tell her children about her background? How has your knowledge—or lack thereof—about your family background shaped your own self-image?

American Lore is just like any other lore it has myths, legends, and fairy tales, but American lore shows the history of America and how we live today, with a twist to the story. With Legends, myths, and fairy tales it expresses the way americans think and how creative we can be to come up with these stories from things that could actually happen. Legends are based on historical facts Myths are based on religion and gods and goddesses. Fairy Tales are made believe not real, includes special creatures. Tall tales and legends are more based in American lore and is heavily based on history and the many traditional stories that are spread from generation to generation. American lore is based on, “power social status and prestige, control or dominance over people and resources. Achievement which is a personal success through demonstrating competence according to social standards . Hedonism pleasure or sensuous

Social inequality stems from many facets of life and mindsets reproduced continuously in America. The main backbone of systematic inequality is formed off of race, gender and class, which all contain crucial aspects that further oppress those subjected to inequality in various aspects of life. The resources-schools, occupations, invested parents- around one fuels the opportunity in their lives, a concept highlighted by Malcom Gladwell, in his book, Outliers. Situations one are brought up in or uncontrollable genetic aspects can very easily restrain their opportunities. Racial discrimination, gender roles and inferiority and the lack of fluidity in the low and working class push inequality, which simultaneously influencing the rich and privileged.

• American culture moves in cycles described as turnings. Discuss the four turnings with their, the generations that shaped each turning, and the role that Generation Xers and the Millennials will play as America continues into the twenty-first century.

When one thinks of America, they generally think about the idea of freedom. To me, being American signifies that the goal of navigating your own path through life is relevant. It means that you are free to be who you are and do what you would like in order to live properly. Life is not necessarily concerning the amount of money one would make. Rather, to live as an American, I feel that you have the opportunity to live according to what you want rather than according to what someone else wants. I perceive modern American society as one that allows its people to live while remaining to pursue their passions.

How does one define American culture? Is it the freedom and equality? The mixed religions and races? Is it a compilation of all cultures of the world? All of these qualities do define American culture. Although the nation’s forefathers established the cultural roots of the United States of America, its culture has changed over time. American culture is something unique and highly dynamic. The American culture developed as a result of immigrant settlers from all points of the world bringing in their own culture to this nation. The diversity, both culturally and ethnically, comprise the nation, but at what point does all this diversity become a problem? America’s cultural identity of freedom, equality, and diversity could soon be modified to the extreme by a massive influx of new immigrants who could become the majority of the nation. America, known for its cultural diversity, is on the verge of losing its cultural identity due to lack of restrictions with regards to immigration, the nation’s accommodating mentality towards immigrants and their culture, and racial stereotype inclination among people in the country.

The United States is considered more of a salad bowl rather than a melting pot because there are all different types of people from different cultures providing for everyone. In the article it states that many people came to America for a greater life (lines 1-4 in the margin). There are different types of people all around America that are not necessarily from or born in America but contribute to the help of making more business and other types of shops. These types of shops help their lives get better because of the money they are making. Other Spanish people go to these shops to buy the items they need and to help them out if they are in need. It states ,” There is enough money in the economy that people can sustain retail establishments by primarily relying on Latino clientele.” (paragraph 7) It is known that the Spanish have very large groups being in California and Texas. On the map it shows that the 3 biggest groups on the United States are

Jean Piaget’s cognitive developmental theory is one the most influential theory of cognition in social work and psychology. In his cognitive theory, our capacity for reasoning develops in stages, from infancy through adolescence and early adulthood. Piaget used four different stages; sensorimotor state, preoperational stage, concrete operations stage and formal operations stage. According to Hutchison, Piaget saw these four stages as sequential and interdependent, evolving from activity without thought, to thought with less emphasis on activity- from doing, to doing knowingly, and finally to conceptualizing.

Your life struggle reminds me of the hard times when I came to America. I came to United States alone, therefore I had to learn about the new world on my own. I still remember making a simple phone call home was a lesson. I found out the hard way, that the calling card bought in france does not work in America, even though it says international company. I still get a laugh about the day I realising that chilli fries is not fries with jalapenos but some gravy with meat.

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

Words are important to Americans and written words are often more important than the spoken word. Communication depends less on body language, social situations and implication. They will certainly pay more attention to the factual than the emotional content of messages. The approach is more of a “look for the facts and weigh up the evidence” than the more subtle style of “reading between the lines.”

The person I interviewed, Christopher, is fourteen years old. He is in the eighth grade in middle school in a rural area of Tennessee. For the interview we went to a local park where we could talk in a more isolated, but comfortable setting. The goal of the interview was to get to know the person being interviewed better and see where they are in relation to Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory of Development and Jean Piaget’s Cognitive Theory. The interview was conducted in a manner that would allow for me to test for hypothetical thinking abilities, internalizing/externalizing tendencies, self-awareness abilities, identity vs. confusion/ psychosocial development, biological growth, cognitive

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.