People wouldn’t expect that losing a minority language wouldn’t make much of a difference in the world, but in reality, it does make a difference. Losing a language meant that the culture that the language was practiced in will be lost also. Geary says of Tlingit, a minority language, “But the death of a language such as Tlingit means more than simply the loss of another obscure , incomprehensible tongue. It marks the loss of an entire culture.” (7) Language is tied to one’s culture and lifestyle, so
Another thing that makes assimilation bad is the fact that people use it so much that they don’t see that it could be a danger in the future. Many people lose their history, traditional inhabits, and national culture, national spirit and therefore small nations can disappear. People don’t realize that assimilation not only hurts them but it affects the future generations and nations that could vanish if everyone decides to change their customs. One of the beautiful things of this world is how diverse and different everyone is. If we were to live in a world where everyone was the same it would be boring and dull.
They did what ever it took to get to where they wanted to be. No matter how corrupt it might be to get there. That being, a big part of America’s population suffered. Mark Twain has discovered it. The country that looked like gold wasn’t even worth copper.
Macbeth and Red Maggies rise raises expectations Ambition and desire can be both good and bad. Without ambition we wouldn’t have leaders, a drive for success and we wouldn’t push ourselves to excel at life. Yet if you take your ambition too far you can end up destroying your own moral code. You can lose your life, your good name, your family and every single inch of yourself. People’s desires aren’t needs but wants.
Culture is shared norms and values and ways of interacting that bind together members of society or some other collection of people together. Across cultures, the classification systems differ, e.g. in west, it is abnormal to hear voices but in some religions hearing voices can be desirable. A lot of diagnosing is to do with social norms, however these can easily change over time or space. The DSM and similar books are often made in western society so they can’t be used correctly in eastern societies making them culturally biased.
A society without laws would be a corrupt chaotic society that would put people in a state of crisis because people would be murdered for possessions they own, fundamental beliefs of how people preserve what’s right from wrong in a society would not be the same as a normal society, and a balance between individual rights and public order would not be a basis part of a society. In this society without a government people would not be prosperous and seek new ways to live as a group. The basis for money would not be the same as with a government and would result in different forms of exchange. Education would not be the same because that is part of a unifying government trying to educate its society, for which a society without laws and government would not unify in such a matter. Care for others such as medical treatment would not have the same basis as a normal society because of how people perceive the responsibility of others in a aspect of individual care.
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).
At first they would help the colonist and teach them things about the new land, but as soon as the colonist started to try and take over the Indians land they became major enemies. The Indians would often try and chase the colonist out of their land, and start mini wars all over the place. This was a big challenge for the new colonist because the Indians were the only people who knew anything about the land. The Indians knew what was good and bad for survival. This was a major setback for the colonist because any help that they had was now
English 1302 WS7 05 April 2010 Individuality and the Law Today there are many laws that are written for the people of the United States. Within these laws are issues that some may find morally unjust, and not want to follow. In Sophocles’ play Antigone, written in 441 B.C.E., these same issues existed. Antigone felt that even though she was breaking the law to bury her brother she had a religious right to uphold. To her, the religious laws were more important than the governmental laws she was being asked to follow.
Marriage is the most important social institution, and it is a formality for the perpetuation of procreation; hence same sex marriage cannot meet this requirement. In other words, same sex marriage does not aid in procreation, which sustains our species. Same sex marriage will destroy our society. Some believe that although gay couples cannot produce children, they can have adopted children and fulfill a social need. That may seem like a good idea, but I am sure that there must be differences between a child who grows up in an environment with same sex couples than with regular heterosexual parents.