Tradition Essays
Visiting Islamic Center of America
Islam is a religion that is globally accepted with quite a significant number of followers. This is so because of its ability to progressively narrate and…
Family Values, Culture and Disability – Review of Two Articles
Pitten, K. (2008). How cultural values influence diagnosis, treatment and the welfare of families with an autistic child. Rivier Academic Journal, 4(1), 1-5 In the first…
Literary Analysis of Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is a postcolonial novel published in 1958 depicting life before colonial influence in Nigeria. The author’s debut novel is a response…
LGBT in the Caribbean Culture (Jamaica)
LGBT is a short name referring to the terms lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. LGBT is used in describing of distinct groups that are within the…
Characteristics of Egyptian Culture
Introduction The history of the Egyptian people goes back thousands of years to the times of Pharaohs. Some of the prehistoric traditions are present in modern…
Honoring the Dead during Halloween
The Halloween festival has been around for over 2000 years. Available documented literature shows that it has its origins in the Celtic Culture and was initially…
“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner
“A Rose for Emily” is a story by William Faulkner about Emily Grierson who is the protagonist of the story. The story that begins with the…
Telenovelas in Mexico
History of Mexican Telenovelas The production of telenovelas started back in the 1930s as graphic novels, evolving afterward to radio programs and later to television novels…
Anglo Saxon Values in Beowulf
The Swedish and Germanic tribes, Anglo-Saxons, originated from Sweden for the Angles and Germany for the Saxons and settled after conquering Eastern, Central, and Southern Britain….
Arranged marriage in India in contemporary times
Introduction The essay written by Serena Nanda entitled “Arranging Marriage in India” was published in The Naked Anthropologist in 1992 (Nanda). As such, 25 years had…
Wars unfold
Introduction Owen introduces a kid to a bayonet, which had a symbolic meaning of death, war, blood, and cruelty. It depicts the innocence of the child,…
Myths definition essay
Myths can be defined as traditions that have been followed for generations in an attempt to make the things in the world more sensible. Myths are…
“Everyday Use” and “The Lottery”: a comparison essay
While the 20th century produced a significant amount of seminal short stories, Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” and Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” are two that have maintained…
Is globalization a danger to local cultures?
Globalization is one of the most contemporary aspects of life that people who lived in the past centuries did not experience. It is the aspect of…
The treatment of the elderly in America and East Asia
The treatment of the old is a concept that has attracted a lot of debate in the recent past with many scholars conducting research to determine…
The Scratch Band or Quelbe and Jamesie Brewster
Quelbe equally known as Quadrille or Scratch Band Music is a native, grass-roots type of traditional music which has its origin in the United States of…
A review of Mary Rowlandson’s narrative
Mary Rowlandson’s anecdote is credited for promoting the rise in captivity narratives. In this narrative, Rowlandson’s explains her experience as a captive. Apart from the attention…
Literature and film
Parody and satire have always played an important role in shaping the modern world. As a powerful art form, satire and parody possess the ability to…
Native American tradition
The essay explores the manner in which the abuse of Native Indians by White Americans and their experience facilitated racial discrimination. For the purpose of the…