Symbolism In The Passage Of Society : The Rites Of Passage In Society

After reading the book, The Other Side, the author uses symbolism, tone, and he wrote it to an audience. The book is based on racism, today we may not know about it, and it still goes on today. Whites and blacks have both been against each other until one very powerful leader stopped racism. The book has lots of symbolism related to racism.

In several cultures, women are seen as archetypes more than men. The proposition of women are instantly idealized and glorified and instantaneously ignore the true complexity of a woman. Countless of these superficial images can be seen across various cultures where the societies within these cultures define what it means to be a female and what type of behavior is and isn’t acceptable within those parameters. The persistent restatement of these stories throughout these generations reinforces the gender system. Women who step out of the norm in these societies are then held punishable for their actions. Alicia Gaspar de Alba pinpoints the three archetypal roles that are given to the women in the Mexican and Chicana cultures. These are,

Think of a monumental time in your life. Your monumental time in your life is probably different to an Apache girl, Dachina, and the main character, Martin, in a story the medicine bag. In Dachina’s rite of passage is doing by doing a four day tradition to become a women. During the four day she has to do stuff like, dance for ten hours straight. Then, in Martin’s rite of passage his grandpa comes to give him the medicine bag. During this, Grandpa is dying so he has to give Martin the medicine bag before he dies. In my essay I explain, the similarities and differences between the two rites of passage. I also explain, the advantages and disadvantages between video and text.

The symbol of fire ultimately represents the relationship with her family and how it affects her. One way this is shown is with her fascination and appreciation of fire. She is captivated with the fact that it can provide warmth and yet be destructive. She would

The Rite of Passage is about young females who file their teeth down into points. This ritual is done to show their soul, and to beautify yourself. The teeth sharpening is done in Indonesia specifically to the Mentawai tribe, to serve everlasting life, and to purify your soul.

Originally developed by anthropologist Arnold van Gennep in the early 20th century in his book Rites de Passage, the term liminality refers to the concept in which participants are in the threshold stage of disorientation and suspension from the previous social norm that they were used to. When an individual goes through a rite of passage—also coined by van Gennep—he is cut off from his “old life” and is born again into a new person. However, before he can fully become a new person and finish his rite of passage, he is suspended in a liminal stage that bridges the old self with the newly acknowledged self. In other words, he is in a stage of disorientation and amorphous identity. Found throughout all

Watching the news is a rite of passage for any newly crowned adult. It’s a sign to you and everyone you know that you’re a grown up god dammit, you keep up with what’s going on in the world. Because of the news you can name like 75% of the presidential candidates, you’re aware of every tragedy going on overseas, and each day at work you get to ask someone if they heard about the *insert feel good story here* that you saw the previous night. The news is making you such a well-rounded and mature human being.

The role of women in the indigenous societies of the Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas contain several similarities. All three societies seemed to be patriarchal in nature, while simultaneously emphasizing the value of women in childbirth, motherhood, and particular occupations. While there are some minor differences in marriage ceremonies, the similarities between these three cultures that existed in different areas of South America as well as different time periods are certainly interesting. This could be due to these cultures adopting various practices from one another. In any case, these ancient societies contain many cultural similarities in the ways women were viewed and treated.

A recent rite of passage I went through was graduating from nursing school and becoming a RN. To complete this rite of passage I had to complete all the pre-requisites for nursing school which took me 4 years. Then I did the nursing program which was 2 years. To celebrate finishing the nursing program I attended a pinning ceremony which is a ritual where the nursing graduates get a pin that represents the completion of the education required to sit for the nursing boards. This pinning ceremony was more important than walking at graduation. The majority of my classes did not attend the graduation ceremony but all attended the pinning. Once I took the nursing license test I got a card that says registered nurse. I was finally able to call myself

In the book, The Other Side, there is a girl, Clover, who lives in a yellow house. On the other side of the fence, there is another girl, Annie Paul, that comes and sits on the fence. The only difference between the two is, Clover is black; Annie Paul is white. In, The Other Side, the tone is everybody is created equal. The symbolism is the fence; the audience is children.

Although rite of passage are different from culture to culture, they all symbolized same things, kids emerging into adulthood. According to global citizen “in Vanuatu, a small island nation in the middle of the south pacific, young boys come of age by jumping of a 98-foot-tall tower with a bungee-like vine tied to their ankles, just barely preventing them from hitting the ground. The catch? Unlike a bungee cord, the vine lacks elasticity, and a slight miscalculation in vine length could lead to broken bones or even death.” Another example is from my home country of Ethiopia, in the west part of Ethiopia they have a tradition called Hamar Cow Jumping which is basically before a man gets married he has to jump over a castrated male cow four times

A Rite of Passage can be very different depending on what culture you look at, but overall it is a ritual where a person's status in the community is changed. These changes usually have to do with becoming a man or woman and leaving your adolescence behind, but it can also have to do with other kinds of transitions in ones life. Rites of Passage are essential to obtaining roles in your society and progressing with your life. They also make the society stronger as a whole and can help to give people feeling of meaning in life. I feel like my Rite of Passage was around when I turned 18. This was the moment I truly took control of my life, decided to get a job, get a car and go to school. Before this moment in my life, I just went to high school

“Sit cross-legged on the mat and repeat after the priest,” my mother urged, as I reluctantly participated in a religious thread ceremony, a rite of passage performed in the Hindu tradition, in India. Following her instructions, I repeated the priest’s words without understanding their meaning or significance.

It is three days before my initiation ceremony. The day Mama says I become a woman. She is really happy about it and I’m supposed to be, but I’m not. I have tried to delay this day for as long as possible, but this year Papa put his foot down. I am already 17 years old and most girls go through the ceremony at 14. All the girls in my age group have to go through this rite in order to make them eligible for marriage. No woman in the village can get married without undergoing the rite of passage. It is part of our tradition and the elders believe it ensures women do not stray from their marital homes. They also believe you are unclean without it. People were already starting to whisper about me as I was the last girl in my age group who not gone through it and my friends tease and look down on me that I am not yet a woman.

Arnold van Gennep’s theory of ‘Rites of Passage’ is portrayed in the film Moana when Moana transforms from a daughter with self- doubts, to becoming a great leader to her people. The ‘Rites of Passage’ theory is defined as “any ritual actions which involves a major transformation… the main participants are transformed by the performance of the ritual itself into a new state…” (Nye 2008, 145). Moana shows the “Rites of Passage” theory as she performs rituals and undergoes the three stages of transition, which are separation, liminality and incorporation (Nye 2008, 146). In the separation stage, the participant ‘separates’ from the world that s/he normally lives, and is “detached from the roles and obligations that have been associated with their lives up until that time” (Nye 2008, 146). This occurs when Moana risks her own life to sail across the sea to find Maui and return the heart to Te Fiti. By doing this, she is leaving her people, and detaching herself from her obligations as a daughter of chief. In the stage of liminality, “the participants are expected to cross a threshold” and express “the opposite of the usual structures of life” (Nye 2008, 147). This stage occurs when Moana starts her journey across the sea not only to save her people, but also to follow her dream of becoming a master wayfinder. The sea acts as the threshold which marks her transition from always having to abide by the rules, to having autonomy. In the final stage, incorporation, it “gives