The initial act of the West differentiating the East from "us" and "them" (45) set off the process of de-humanizing the Orient. ... Said acknowledges that, "all kinds of suppositions, associations, and fictions appear to crowd the unfamiliar space outside one's own" (54). ... Said uses an example from Flaubert's observations of the Orient depicting behaviour that may seem grotesque to that of the Western mind. Said further states how, "the Orient is watched, since its almost (but never quite) offensive behaviour issues out of a reservoir of infinite peculiarity; the European is a ...

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JAPAN: A SOCIETY DIFFERENT THAN THAT OF THE WESTERN WORLD? ... Furthermore, the system of rank is applied to almost all circumstances and to a great extent, controls the social life of an individual. ... This U.S. measurement of ranking greatly differs from the amae-seniority system of Japanese ranking, separating our two societies. The ie system, which represents the family system may also be seen as an attribute of Japanese society which sets it apart from Western society. ... Thus, although Japan and the Western world carry many cultural characteristics and political beliefs that ...

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Sanadiqiya Street is where all the decadence is found. ... This alley, "lies in almost complete isolation from all surrounding activity" (Mahfouz 1) because it's isolated, its ironic that British culture enters due to colonialism, which enhances this decaying effect. ... Therefore, politics is modern, and it comes from the west, so it symbolizes the west. ... In the first chapter of the novel uncle Kamil is described as "hulk", and "large and rounded" (Mahfouz 2), which gives us quite a gothic first appearance of him, also his fat represents our satisfactio...

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Next, it is necessary to mention spirituality that comes through all spheres of life and raises Hindus to the gods and the Brahmans. ... It is worth taking into account the conservativism of Indian culture that is challenged by democratization of all spheres of life that comes from the West. ... Eastern culture took many things from the Western world, though it managed to maintain its nature. ... Barve, Bharat, Agashe and few other guests wore quite simplified kurtas, a bit shorter and with no decoration. ... Though Indian culture assimilated many elements from Western, Indians have maintained...

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