When I first arrived in New York, I was surprised that the city is divided into national communities, such as China town, Brighton Beach, Little Italy and many others. ... The childhood tales show us that the path to happiness lies through the trials and obstacles. ... In conclusion, I want to add that Russian and American cultures are two completely different cultures. ...
The best way I can say it to you is by saying that, for a second or two, I felt as though, instead of going to the centre of a continent, I were about to set off for the centre of the earth." ... It is a world of it's own, not blinded by city lights, crime, and noisy cars. ...
Modern heroes share many characteristics of ancient heroes in Greek, Roman, Asian and other ancient cultures, despite being separated by two or more millennia of human advancement and progress (Hero's). ... This can be largely attributed to the massive changes in the basic morals, ideals and values of human society in the past two thousand years which created a new need for other, more compatible types of heroes (Bistrich). ... This system follows a common series of events, similar to the hero-quest, which many ancient heroes score very highly on, while more modern or realistic heroes rar...
Together, these two types of fiction make a gigantic impact on people's everyday lives, whether it be in the books they read, the movies they see, or the stories they tell. ... From the fourth to fifth century BCE, the Hindu epic Ramayana includes flying machines that can travel into space or under water and have the ability to destroy cities using advanced weaponry. ... The genre of Fantasy as we know it today is less than two hundred years old. Up through the early twentieth century, novels, even if they had fantasy elements, were still regarded as fairy tales. ...
Although they are caught between two different cultures and expectations, Vietnamese refugees and immigrants successfully adapted and integrated into America with their infinite perseverance and diligence. ... The paper focuses on two specific aspects: how these developments create or recreate a sense of identity and how has it helped the Vietnamese immigrants integrate into American society. ... Preserving the culture not only consolidates their ethnic identity, but also integrates the Vietnamese Diaspora into the U.S popular culture, bridging the two cultures and nations. ... Little Saigon...
In this way, some specialist think about the diverse dimensions of USA and China keeping in mind the end goal to make the distinction between these two cultures. ... The two nations that will be researched in this papers, USA and China, show enormous culture differences in the greater part of dimensions, aside from the manliness measurement, and the uncertainty avoidance measurement. The table above demonstrates the contrasts between the two nations in each dimension. ...
