Many island cultures that are within Polynesian Triangle share a similar proto-Malayo-Polynesian language used in Southeast Asia 5000 years ago. Furthermore, Polynesians share indistinguishable culture traditions, arts, religion, and science. Anthropologists believe all Polynesians are connected to a single proto-culture established in the South Pacific by migrant Malayo people. Aotearoa, Fiji, Hawai'i, Rapa Nui, Marquesas, Sa`moa, Tahiti, Tonga: Are the eight main Polynesian culture. Polynesians were experienced ocean helmsman and became proficient in astronomic sciences long before most westerners.
It is through a connection to traditions that allow the Navajo the ability to adapt to these issues and continue to survive as a culture and society. Although the new internal challenge they face is the effects of the Euro-American belief system that has altered the culture and poses many concerns among the elder community. With the influence of the English language and the loss of teaching the Dine language in the communities, many Navajo elders believe the younger generations are unable to fully understand the meaning of the origin stories. The consensus among them is the, “Navajo cultural identity is contingent on the ability to speak the language. They believe that a Navajo person should and must know how to speak the Dine language and that language helps a person have a strong connection to their identity”, (Lee, 2006, p.10).
Pidgin English: an introduction to the Creole Language of Hawaii. Bess Press. 2003. This book explains how Hawaii's pidgin language was created. Also, This book explains the differences and similarities of standard English and Pidgin English.
These are the decisions we make to discover who we are. Our lives are a continual battle between figuring out whom we are as individuals and wanting to be accepted by others. But to what extent should this underlying need to conform restrict us from expressing our individuality? Individuals must conform to society’s norms in order for a society to operate peacefully and in harmony; however, within such a society, there is significant scope for the individual to express himself or herself without jeopardizing the fabric of the community. The role of an individual can be to be a part of the community.
We have to understand ourselves before we can truly belong. It is nearly impossible to feel a sense of belonging without understand oneself first as the knowledge of who you are determines where you feel you belong. Self assurance, acceptance and perception can arise from many different facets of life; family, culture, place and similar people, so in order for someone to start to feel a sense of belonging, it is essential that they connect with those aspects of their life first. In Peter Skrzynecki’s Immigrant Chronicle, he explores the difficulties of himself and other immigrants like himself in the poems ‘Migrant Hostel,’ ’10 Mary Street,’ and ‘Feliks Skzrynecki’ whilst trying to not only belong in a world where they were pre-determined to struggle to fit into based on their different culture but also understand who they truly are because of the struggle they endured. Ernest Hemingway’s ‘A Clean, Well-Lighted Place’ expresses the internal desire of having a place where you can be yourself and belong.
“Whenever we write, whether it’s an email to a friend or a toast for a wedding, an English essay or a resume, we face some kind or rhetorical situation” (Bullock, Goggin 1). There are many different ways to get your point across when it comes to writing, but without a strategy, your point will not be heard. You have to consider what your rhetorical situation is before you start. Bullock and Goggins had some great strategies to go by when it comes to writing. They believed that, “We have a purpose, a certain audience, a particular stance, a genre, and a medium to consider- and often as not a design” (Bullock, Goggin 1).
The power of language Everybody has their own perception on what they think of people and how they look at people. Most people have their own ideas when they think of race, gender, and class and throughout history people have been writing about those issues of race, gender and class whether it be through novels, short stories, poems, music, movies or plays. Language is powerful and the things we hear and see shape who we are as people when it comes to race, gender, and class. There are two main types of languages, verbal and nonverbal. We all know verbal is through oral communication, but there are many different types of nonverbal languages.
Ethnicity is a concept referring to a shared culture and way of life, especially as reflected in language, folkways, religious and other... an ethnicity is often called an ethnic group, although technically the use of "group" is inappropriate in sociological usage because a group is a social system. (ethnicity. (n.d). Retrieved from EBSCOhost.) Race and ethnicity are important to the society of the United States for many different reasons.
So we have a chance to succeed in society because to succeed you need to have knowledge of certain things. And the way of attaining that knowledge is through reading and writing. I don’t believe that reading and writing is the only way of attaining that knowledge though because you can be literate without being able to read and write. To be literate, I feel, is to have the ability to have a conversation and be able to relate the information with past experiences of the words you hear coming from the person’s mouth. To me literacy is our gateway to socialization.
These includes but not limited to ideology (beliefs and values), love (personal relationships), and work. It is important to note that forming identity means making informed choice of which block of culture you want to associate with. It becomes rather complex than simple when choosing which block you want to associate yourself with. The important