Since the dawn of civilization, storytellers have crafted tales to entertain and enthrall audiences, sharing lessons about life and offering glimpses into their cultural heritage along the way. From time immemorial, two of the most popular forms of storytelling to have evolved include those of the myth and the legend. Typically, a legend is comprised of a semi-true story, one which has been passed on from person-to-person and embodies a deeper meaning or symbolism related to the culture from which it originated. Legends have an element of truth to them or are otherwise based on historic facts melded with mythical qualities. They customarily involve heroic characters or fantastic places and often encompass the spiritual beliefs indigenous to their culture.
Chapter 14 Oral Tradition For thousands of years, FN knowledge, traditions and cultures have been passed down from on generation to another in stories, narratives, songs, dances and ceremonies. Before the arrival of Europeans, FN relied on oral cultures as their languages had no written form. This oral tradition is included in many aspects of everyday life and is the basis of FN traditional education. Stories are used because they are easy to remember. The oral tradition passed on spiritual beliefs of the people and the lineage of families.
The people has the customs of oral tradition and unwritten stories which are taught by the responsible people to the coming generations. The custom of oral tradition was a major part of the Delaware people’s life and by the tradition the people lived depending on the things that was told in the oral tradition. “At traditional ceremonies, a person who had inherited the right to keep The Walum Olum would interpret its meaning for the other members of the tribe” (1). The people believed that there were certain people who were chosen for the interpretation and as a custom it was continued through all ceremonies and the special person with the Walum Olum interpreted the meaning. The Delaware people had a positive attitude towards their culture, and as well as the people respected the culture.
Our identity is basically an understanding of our own beliefs, values, attitudes, and feelings; it is easily affected by what goes on in our lives, whether those situations are good or bad. Every obstacle in our lives is a challenge that would teach us how to get back on our feet unscathed or at least still relatively whole. Mary Lawson conveyed how such obstacles could shape a person's identity through the characters of her novel, The Other Side of the Bridge. They were written to be as close as possible to real people hence, they also go through difficulties that change not only their future but the core of their being. Arthur, undoubtedly, is a character that has been heavily affected by different situations in life.
Certain dominant stories explain our current actions and impact our future lives” (Goldberg&Goldberg, 2013, p. 395). Individual’s story is basically their life illustration, the part of himself or herself that they allow others to see, to know and to learn who they are. Another important quote comes from within the Goldberg&Goldberg text, it states; “The stories we use to tell ourselves about how we act with one another are not about our lives but rather are our lives” (Goldberg&Goldberg, 2013, p. 395). This quote relays a message that we are not merely telling stories, but as a person uses their narrative to illustrate their lives to strangers or family members; they are inviting them in and saying, “this is not how I am living my life or how I chose to live my
We become accustomed to each of our own cultural traditions that we sometimes forget that we all have different ways of expressing our culture. Gonzalez makes it a point that culture does not just go as far as one’s ethnical background. Culture goes as far beyond as a person’s everyday lifestyles, rituals, and experiences. In our educational system, educators often make the assumption of knowing a student’s knowledge and experience based on their race, ethnicity, or nationality. However, they fail to realize the differences of each student’s culture based on the everyday practices they participate in.
This happens to occur all throughout history however. Rather it be slavery, women’s rights, or even technological take over. Few people it seems are ever truly able to move forward in the world. They also are the people who cannot seem to adapt to our ever changing world. However, perhaps if we were to slow down the minds of the brilliant inventors, and take the time to enjoy the stuff we have, perhaps this world would be a better place.
The town in “The Lottery” was symbolic of how humanity can become cemented to certain traditions and events, and find trouble when trying to create something new. The following generations will then imitate this, and find it hard to empower change, due to the fact that they have never lived in any different state. When reaching a state of change, one must empower a whole society to start innovation. Some traditions can keep communities linked together through generations, but it can also keep them restricted to insipid, unstable, or menacing events and
This song does an amazing job of getting that message out there. Instead of trying to offer some useless quick-fix for all the world's problems, Mayer has really captured the big picture of what's going on in our culture with this song. I believe that Mayer meant this song as a commentary on our generation's political beliefs. In an age where the older generation does not believe that we have anything valuable to add to society either because we are too young, too inexperienced, or both it is hard for any of us to stand up and say that we believe in this or that we think that that is wrong; but by saying, "One day our generation/is gonna rule the population/so we keep waiting on the world to change," he is also saying that eventually we are going to have the power to run this world and when that time comes we have the option to can change it, or not change it. I am sure our generation will change the world; hopefully it’s for the better.
Shakespeare put more power in the language that he had his characters speak than anyone before or since.” This is an example of why Shakespeare’s plays are so loved and enjoyed. Due to the change in social aspects and the differentiating time periods it is no surprise that Shakespeare’s plays pose a challenge for modern day secondary school students. The Shakespearian language is a major contributing factor to the understanding of his plays. Once familiar with this type of language, the task of examining the meaning of the plays becomes