The Betram Ritual Analysis

The term Anthropology refers to the study of mankind as a whole. In the article “Body Ritual among the Nacirema” by Horace Miner, the introduction of a new cultural perspective crosses the boundaries of today’s societal norms. Horace Miner is mainly known for his studies in mankind, and as an anthropologist he must take into consideration, without preconceived opinions the variety of unique cultures within the human race. The Nacirema is a group living in North America whose culture, through the perspective of Horace Miner showcases human behavior taken to its highest degree. There is a common belief among the people of Nacirema in which it is the human body is prone to weakness and disease; therefore, in becoming the focal point of the

Imagine being lost from your true love. You are separated, forced to escape and meet up in secret without the society knowing. This is the reality that Cassia and Ky had to face in the novel titled Crossed by Ally Condie. This companion book dives into the complex relationships between characters that show how hard it is to be in love. These relationships are captivating to the reader because Cassia is forced to choose who she really loves. Next you will discover what curiosity can really do to a person, it could be life or death. Also, the symbols of fish and rain come up through the story, connecting to the overall theme of the novel. To add on to, Ky will say goodbye to many people in his life. He will discover the heartbreak of death and separation. Finally, you will find a fan fiction piece that highlights a certain scene and its significance. Decide for yourself- would you really want to be separated from the one you really love?

The author’s purpose in writing this article was not to show the “Nacirema” as an example of how extreme human behavior can become, but how an outside perspective can affect your perception of an alien culture. If one were to look at the “Nacirema’s” cultural behaviors regarding physical appearance and health without any insight or knowledge of the specific beliefs or values of that culture, they might seem bizarre and even incomprehensible. By showing behaviors and “rituals” performed by this unknown tribe, Miner allowed others to see that the way studies were representing distinctive cultures was narrowminded and defective. Without the proper comprehension of the basis of any society, huge cultural misunderstandings could occur. Of

Grandfather Bakhye’s mortuary ritual begins with him walking from the mission hill to his home as this is what the Dagara culture calls to do when a person of significance dies in a foreign land. Afterwards, the body is taken to a burial ground and grandfather’s head is shaven and cleaned while he lay deceased. The supplication of the dead was presented alongside tunes sung by the ladies and after that grandfather's room was turned upside down and transformed into a kitchen. This transformational custom of being flipped upside symbolized the typical reenactment of the events that people of significance enter by way of death. To assist grandfather on his return home, he was given the tail of a hyena which was also given to him before his

In 1956 a professor from the University of Michigan, Horace Miner, wrote an article in The American Anthropologist that has become a mainstay of learning for anthropology students. Miner published the article to show a fictional exotic society called “Body Ritual among the Nacirema” as an example of how one’s own limited perspective might affect the perception of a foreign culture (Miner, 1956, p. 503). The article uses subtle humor to make the reader more comfortable in examining cultural behaviors, physical appearance, and health as the reader soon discovers that the actual society being examined is the American society. To the reader, the article begins to sound very familiar after each paragraph is

In the article “Body Ritual among the Nacirema” talks about how society is obsessed with their physical appearance. However, I don't agree with that because there are many people who have a hold on many other things such as materialistic things. People today think having everything in life is the way to live happy and better than others. Material wealth is not only based on having money and goods, it can also be valuable/meaningful things people have in their possession as well as having a large amount of things they don't need. Having everything you want isn't always as important as you may think because there is other things out in the world that are better than having unnecessary and awfully expensive things.

Horace Miner's essay was written to open the eyes of society. Miner wrote "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema" in a way that most of the readers would think it was an actual tribe he was writing about. He describes many acts that the tribe performs in a very mysterious way to make the reader feel intrigued. Horace Miner writes, "I was able... to establish sufficient rapport with the natives to examine these shrines and to have the rituals described to me" (503-504). The statement makes the reader feel as if "the rituals associated with it are...are private and secret" (Miner 503).

Subcultures are around us everywhere. It’s a group within a larger culture, who have something in common. An example of this would be in ‘Body Ritual among the Nacirema’ which is a story filled with weird perspectives and traditions. Including the charm-box of the household shrine and the medicine men that have an imposing temple, or latispo. Culture is such a strong aspect in people as it determines how a person behaves and does things, which is shown in this book. The Nacirema people are not so far off from us modern day Americans.

It’s fascinating that as Miner stated in the text, the diversity of ways that different people behave in similar situations. The Nacirema people are a secluded society that not many people have heard about it and they are willing to go to the extreme with their bodies.

The key to this saying is noted on the first facsimile, bearing the Sumerian reproduction of the first clay tablet of the Revelations, shows Izal, in Sumerian representation, holding the Book of Gates being greeted by a First God, while above the alignment of the Polaris star system, three stars only recently discovered by modern technology, is central to the opening of the "Circle of Eternity". The concept that every one thousand years since the end of the Corean Age, with proper use of the Book of Gates during this astronomical event, allows the "Five Signs of Eternity", represented by five stars and given their symbolic names by Jebidiah Smith identified by modern star charts to be used by five seekers to open "gates". These "gates" are either a passage to either the Tomb of Izal, located at the Mountains at World's End, where, by using a specific sign in the Book of Gates, they would be brought to the presence of the First Gods for an eternal reward, or , if the "seekers" had the misfortune of using the other four signs, they would be taken to the First Races in the past and be consumed in vengeance. The doors are represented in the lower edge of the

It not only threatens, but also breaks through. Betrayed by love once in her life, she nevertheless seeks it in the effort to fill the lonely void; thus, her promiscuity. But to adhere to her tradition and her sense of herself as a lady, she cannot face this sensual part of herself. She associates it with the animalism of Stanley's lovemaking and terms it “brutal desire”. She feels guilt and a sense of sin when she does surrender to it, and yet she does, out of intense loneliness. By viewing sensuality as brutal desire she is able to disassociate it from what she feels is her true self, but only at the price of an intense inner conflict. Since she cannot integrate these conflicting elements of desire and gentility, she tries to reject the one, desire, and live solely by the other. Desperately seeking a haven she looks increasingly to fantasy. Taking refuge in tinsel, fine clothes, and rhinestones, and the illusion that a beau is available whenever she wants him, she seeks tenderness and beauty in a world of her own making.

After finishing a war, Don Pedro and his group of soldiers decide to stop at an old friend of Don Pedro house, in Messina. Claudio soon realizes that he truly loves Hero after seeing her again when at Leonato’s house and he wants to marry her that day. When Claudio is confessing his love to Don Pedro, he and Don Pedro plan to have Don Pedro get her consent, of marriage, then he will give her to Claudio, but while this is happening, one of Don John men is listening in on the conversation. Don John quickly learns about this new news of his brother’s soon to be marriage and wants to stop it, for revenge. When at the party Don Pedro asks Hero for her consen’s to marry Claudio, which she agree to so they plan their wedding for the next Monday.

Are you connected? Many of the native americans are spiritually connected to the world. As conspicuous as it may seem their religion and beliefs are known to be in depth. They have many rituals to do to cleanse themselves from the evil and purify their souls to live in tranquility. They do this to live with purpose and connection.

Despite these discouraging surroundings, the boy is determined to find some evidence of the loveliness his idealistic dreams tell him should exist within the Church. His first love becomes the focal point of this determination. In the person of Mangan's sister, obviously somewhat older than the boy and his companions, his longings find an object of worship. The boy's feelings for the girl are a confused mixture of sexual desire and of sacred adoration, as

A Midsummer Night 's Dream is a play about love. All of its action—from the escapades of Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia, and Helena in the forest, to the argument between Oberon and Titania, to the play about two lovelorn youths that Bottom and his friends perform at Duke Theseus 's marriage to Hippolyta—are motivated by love. But A Midsummer Night 's Dream is not a romance, in which the audience gets caught up in a passionate love affair between two characters. It 's a comedy, and because it 's clear from the outset that it 's a comedy and that all will turn out happily, rather than try to overcome the audience with the exquisite and overwhelming passion of love, A Midsummer Night 's Dream invites the audience to laugh at the way the passion of love can make people blind, foolish, inconstant, and desperate. At various times, the power and passion of love threatens to destroy friendships, turn men against men and women against women, and through