Christmas traditions

This is the four line epigraph present on the first page of The Call of the Wild by Jack London. Before you try to find how this section of “Atavism” by John Myers O’Hara, relates to the theme of The Call of the Wild, you must understand the words used. “Nomadic” means moving around and not staying in one place. O’Hara uses these words in a weird order, because it seems like it should say that your nomadic longings are leaping. The first line of this epigraph says that if you stay in one place

There have been many to write about the struggles, misfortunates and traditions of those who were enslaved. There have also been scholars who argued that upon their arrival, the enslaves came to North America as blank slates and were complete submissive to authority. In this ideology, many scholars believed enslaves traditions, customs, folk stories all derived or mimic European culture. This ideology also implies that those who were enslaved lacked any social or structural guidance, religious

completion of the program which gives rise to rational legal authority. Sociologist, Durkheim has an alternative perspective on authority. He defines authority as, “the bedrock of society. Without authority, man has no sense of duty, only when traditions, codes, and roles have the effect of coercing, directing, or restraining man’s impulses can it be said that society is genuinely in existence” (Smith, PowerPoint- What is Authority). In other words, authority is essential in order to have a functioning

Irish immigrants who came many years ago and carry their tradition and culture with them. The lives of the men and women are linked to the landscape as

Samoa, a small island nation found in the southern end of Pacific Ocean. Although, what they lack in size is compensated by their rich, Polynesian culture. Music is a powerful force in Samoan culture, and shapes their identity with the use of resonant lyrics sung in their native tongue, song, and dance used to parallel their everyday lives and beliefs. Storytelling is as big of an element to Samoan music and dance as any rhythm produced by their instrumentation, and if it is not directly addressed

A symbol of tradition can be something as innocent as a Valentine’s Day card, but what about when that tradition is a little more sinister? Within The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson, there contain multiple symbols that reference how society does not let go of “how things have always been” with ease. In this story, a small town is faced with assassinating one of their own in order to maintain tradition, with a selection that is the luck of the draw in the most literal sense. Mrs. Hutchinson’s family

such as learning how to drive a car. One thing that is learned that separates one individual from another is traditions. A lot of times traditions are something that a person follows without putting much thought or effort into it. This gives the opportunity for people to learn and carry out traditions that are not necessarily ethical. Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” suggests that the traditions and rituals that one may blindly follow can mislead a person from knowing right and wrong. When a person

dishes are not just ordinary dishes you eat on a regular day, these dishes are dishes you eat on tradition. The mother passing down these traditions to her daughter shows that she loves her and wants her to follow these traditions too. The mother also tells her daughter, “this is how you grow okra—far from the house, because okra tree harbors red ants” (20). Not only is she passing on the tradition of how to grow “okra,” but she is also giving her daughter advice on how to stay away from red ants

disaster and death. At the end of the film, her strength, courage, and supernatural appointment as future chief is enough to convince Koro of her leadership abilities, and a new generation of Maori is given hope and guidance for the future. Maori traditions take central stage throughout the film. Each of the film’s characters struggles with these customs. For instance, Koro is more reluctant to give up or bend traditional rules and practices. From the outset of the film, Koro is primarily concerned

invade their lands. The tribe becomes split into two villages: Komeno, where the traditional community resides, still adhering to all of the tribe’s traditions and customs, and Makuyu, where the converts to Christianity reside. The biggest divide between these two groups is the tradition of circumcision. In the Gikuyu community of Komeno, the tradition has always been that