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to work. People in Tokyo will get a better paying job than people in Matsuyama, so most of them are looking to work in a bigger city. At the host family that I went to live with for two days, the mother will wake up early to prepare breakfast and bento for her child. In the US, no one will prepare breakfast or lunch for you. Everyone has their own business to take care of. However, Japan is totally different from the western culture. People share their worries to get things done. Even though they

Earth's oceans are dying. “About 80% of the ocean around the world is polluted with chemicals industrial and residential waste, all of which comes from the land” (“Marine Problems…”).  Pollution is mainly coming from the people. Marine pollution should be stopped because it is the cause of many problems and if something is done about it, people will see an increase in sea life and healthier waters. It makes its way into the ocean and kills marine life. Ocean pollution is affecting the way of fisherman

New Year. The text on the left side of the print describes the scene. Shinsai's other print New Year's Refreshments (Fig. 2) depicts the various foods one would eat for the New Year. Specifically, cold snacks or osechi ryori would be in the large bento box, and the pot is meant for heated sake. Similar to the Woman Embroidering a Dragon, the refreshment print has an Adonis plant as well, but Shinsai has included a bonsai tree and a lobster. These last two images are supposed to be auspicious symbols

Hailing from the African state of Ndongo and born in 1581 during the start of Luandan disagreement with Portuguese settlers (Toler 265), Queen Nzinga of the African Mbundu tribe stood up for her country and reestablished power over her people. Nzinga came in a time period that needed her. She got her country of Matamba (present day Angola) equal, both economically and socially, to the Portuguese. In order to do this, Nzinga took measures to place herself in the right position to eventually seize

Hawaii creole english, or in other words “pidgin,” is based on the english language, but also containing words from many other languages. Some of those languages include Hawaiian, Japanese, Portuguese, and more. Hawaii pidgin english is widely used in everyday conversations, television shows, and advertisements. Hawaii creole english was created many years ago, but is used by a large number of people on the Hawaiian islands, as well as on the mainland. Hawai’i creole english was first established

Executive Summary Sakae Sushi is a local Japanese restaurant which offers affordable, good quality and healthy Japanese food. Despite the stiff competition, it is currently the market leader. The purpose of this marketing plan is to identify and analyze the current market, future market and possible opportunities to capture a bigger market share which in turn leads to increased profits. Key issues of how they are going to maintain as market leader through the use of new marketing strategies to

Throughout “Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself” and “Benito Cereno,” Douglass and Melville explore the theme of racial violence. While both Fredrick Douglass and Herman Melville recognize the detrimental effects of racial violence, Melville considers this violence to cyclical and thus, offers no solution to its end, whereas Douglass depicts violence as a tool of white oppressors to which he offers physical resistance, rather than violence, in return

In Noh there are many things that are significant, and that have deeper meanings. For instance the simple way that they walk, sing, and move all mean something more. While doing the presentations on a Noh play I noticed something beautiful about the play that I had chosen. Spring was mentioned a lot, it had many cameos in the play. In Yuya the entire back story of the play is the discussions of going to see the cherry blossoms. Spring in Japan means a whole lot more than just another season

The meaning behind Akhenaten Going against many years of Egyptian worship Akhenaten proclaimed in about the 14th century B.C that his people were only to worship one god and that was the sun disk Aten. Akhenaten was called a monotheist maybe even the first to live. Egyptian King Akhenaten’s meaning “Effective for Aten”. His name was originally Amenhotep IV, he ruled for about 20 years. While in his rule he move the royal house from Thebes to a new site somewhere in middle Egypt, Akhenaten ordered

The “Japa-waiian” Lifestyle Hawaii Customs that Originated in Japan As an Asian-Hawaiian child growing up in Hawaii, I was brought up with a lifestyle that mixed traditions from Hawaii and the Orient. Looking back into my childhood, I noticed that a lot of customs from my Japanese culture were more prominent in the mixture of conventions I was taught to practice in life. Celebrating holidays like “Hina Matsuri”(Girl’s Day), wearing traditional Japanese clothing like “Kimono”, and not being able