taught what is right and what is wrong. As one get older sometimes ones culture starts to influence what one perceives as right and wrong. Culture is defined as different experiences changing and shaping individuals to who they are and how they relate to others. Depending on circumstances culture can change ones view on the world around them. In “By Any Other Name” by Santha Rama Rau there is a large difference in cultures between the headmistresses and the Indian students. It was evident that the
story, “By Any Other Name” written by Santha Rama Rau, it is about the difference between the British and the Indian culture. In the story, there are many pieces of evidence that the British culture is dominant over the Indian culture in many ways. The British creates problems for the Indians in this story by not trying to become accustomed to their religion and trying to shape the Indians to become more like the British. There is variety of ways that the British Invaded the Indians culture and dominated
essays, six different authors share their opinions on how culture affects the views of the world and its people. Three authors support the idea that culture changes people’s view. And there were two stories that countered the idea that culture doesn’t affect views. The that essays support the idea that a person’s culture affects the way people view the world and how they think of people. People’s views on people are determined by their culture. In Robert Lake’s essay: “An Indian Father’s Plea,” he
Culture can greatly influence the way a person views the world because their culture is the backdrop of that person and what makes them unique, culture can make people view things differently from the world. The first reason on why I find culture a great influence is because in the letter “An Indian Father’s Plea” By Robert Lake, there was one part where Medicine Grizzlybear said, “He is not culturally ‘disadvantaged’, but he is culturally ‘different’.” (77). This explains how Wind-Wolf’s culture
behaviors of our culture. In the world today, culture fully informs the way of thinking and acting of an individual because of the deeply and subconsciously engrained responses put there by the culture in which he or she was born. Cultural identity changes the way people behave. Our cultural identity shapes our “values, beliefs, ideas about appropriate behavior…” (Trumbull, Pacheco 8). If we have lived our lives in a bubble of a certain culture we will only know that culture and act accordingly
Judgment begins at an early age. In the autobiographical excerpts, To Buy Me a Daddy, How School Taught Me I Was Poor, and By Any Other Name, Richard Gregory's, Jeff Sapp's, and Santha Rama Rau's alienation reveal that the surrounding society is based upon privilege and those who are different are harassed. Each author's struggle is displayed through their respective testimonies. Richard was at the bottom of all social pyramids which led to hateful, assumptive behavior from his peers and exclusion
Does a culture greatly influence how a person views the world? I think it does. Culture greatly influences the way a person views the world because everything you see will always reflect the culture you lived in. Whether you like it or not, culture will always have an impact on how you view things. Although, that’s not the case for everyone. Sometimes it can change as you go or as you learn it better. One piece of evidence that proves culture does influence how a person views the world is a