Even in the Dharmashastras (Law Books), a literary source, there are biased views due to the Brahman authors. ... It was filled with hymns for the Aryan gods, and although suggested little about historical events, provided evidence about the life of Aryans. ... From reading the Rig Veda and the Upanishads texts, one could get a feel for what life was like in earlier times. ... Literature is an account that interprets information that is significant to the time period that it was written. ... Some history books are too biased to receive an accurate account; however, some literature books are t...

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It was at Barnard that she established what was perhaps the most important relationship of her life. ... This time she studied infants and children and together she and Fortune developed new methodologies for field studies in anthropology. Returning to New York the following year, they each published three major books and spent the summer of 1930 doing field work with the Omaha Indians of Nebraska. ... She devoted her life to studying infants and children, but she thought she would never have a child of her own. ... She authored, edited, or collaborated on 39 books and 1,397 other publications...

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In this study, I collected and analyzed 13 articles on the Internet, journals as well as books. ... Methods While doing this research paper, because of limited time, secondary structure approach was pursued. 13 articles relating to the research questions of culture and ELT were selected for analysis. ... The rest came from books written by worldwide famous authors in my research field such as Nelson Brooks, Claire Kramsch... ... According to anthropologists, culture was referred to as "the whole way of life of people or group. ... Secondly, culture in the aspect of sociology refers to the...

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She escapes the reality of her boring farm life to experience a "wonderland" full of contradicting and fantastic creatures. ... Many parts in this story take on a double meaning depending on the age of the reader, and that is what makes it exciting to read and reread time and time again. ... Another reason for the books cultural expansion and universal translation is the attention to detail. ... As is custom in England, Alice has a specified tea time, and even in her adventure in Wonderland she attends a tea party. ... It allows for a quick escape from reality, and makes life more in...

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This is an example of science fiction, which is described as fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets. ... Wells most notably wrote The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds. ... Every person living in the United States has either read, seen, or at least heard of one of these books or films. ... Books could either be bought from a bookstore, borrowed from a library or friend, or like a lot of people, having their own private collections of books that are...

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Also, from exploring other cultures and other ways of life, you will learn that everyone is not so different and could enjoy time spent with persons of a different culture. After spending much forced time with Ian, Tula's family begins to except the non-Greek man. ... The more time they spend together, the more willing they are to learn about each others ways and find out that they not only can accept their children being married but realize that they actually enjoy spending time together. ... Classrooms should include pictures and books from many different ways of life. ... Children shou...

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A lot of the time people don't even realize what they"re saying is a racist comment, it is just embedded in our way of thinking. ... These stereotypes are found all over, magazines, video games, internet, movies, and books. ... In conclusion I believe that racism is present in our everyday life whether we are aware of it or not. ...

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There is a particular group of people that do not know one another, that come from all walks of life, all different religions, but they came together for the one thing they do have in common -the "Twilight" saga. ... "What makes Meyer's books so distinctive is that they're about the eroticism of abstinence. ... There's a scene midway through Twilight in which, for the first time, Edward leans in close and sniffs the aroma of Bella's exposed neck. ... Whether or not Meyer meant to include Mormon valued themes within her books, the value system is so ingrained within her tha...

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These things teach us how to behave ourselves in everyday life. ... If anyone cannot find connection between mythology and his or her personal life, it indicates that this person lacks the knowledge about mythology. ... What's more, youngsters are too impatient to read books, not to mention to read mythology and gain ethical lessons. Whereas in the legends people live willing to sacrifice their lives for justice, to defend their home lands against evil invaders, today's children most of the time sit around playing video games and surfing the social networks. ... We know how, for exam...

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Lawrence Venuti, commenting on the great communication boom says, "Instantaneous communication facilitates the expansion of markets and outsourcing of production in different areas of the globe, augmenting the demand for simultaneous translations in multiple languages while accelerating the translation process.(396) reiterating the idea that translation has become endemic to all aspects of human life in the globalized world. ... The lack of translations, especially when seen with reference to books from the Islamic culture and other East Asian nations may be considered one of the primary rea...

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Many text books, and books for that matter, show some pain and struggling from non-European cultures; the books rarely tell a story of the pain they felt daily. ... As Quincy said language is like a body, renew it and make it better, as language is life. ... As Leslie Marmon Silko believed, along with most Native-Americans, history is not distant but all around your daily life; it is something that is not linear but all encompassing. ... To really engage upon the true meanings of words from different cultures, one must know the time and place that the meaning is coming from, and understan...

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Part of life involves overcoming obstacles. ... Having an obstacle in life it's hard. ... "I managed my version of an English smile: no show of teeth, no extreme, contortions of the facial muscle-I was at this time of my life practicing reserve and cool " (Ortiz Cofer 91). ... Mairs does not let her condition stop her life. ... During this time, there were heavy stereotypes on Latinas. ...

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The citizens of Deerfield shore up a fort that until this time has been left in a state of disrepair. ... The action against the citizens will have a direct impact their lives, causing a long-lasting change in their views of their own security as well as the emotional impact suffered by the families from the loss of life and the capture of loved ones. ... If the peoples would have been able to live together by sharing land, cultures and religions then the word conflict would not have played such a major part in the development of the new world. 1John Demos, The Unredeemed Captive (New Yor...

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The citizens of Deerfield shore up a fort that until this time has been left in a state of disrepair. ... The action against the citizens will have a direct impact their lives, causing a long-lasting change in their views of their own security as well as the emotional impact suffered by the families from the loss of life and the capture of loved ones. ... If the peoples would have been able to live together by sharing land, cultures and religions then the word conflict would not have played such a major part in the development of the new world. 1John Demos, The Unredeemed Captive (New Yor...

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Organisations are varied and have varied cultures, these are not planned or predictable, nonetheless, they are the natural outcomes of social relations and evolve over time. ... In addition to this, I will discuss how members of an organisation can affect the culture and, as a result, have an impact on their working life. ... According to a number of books published on organisational cultures, it is believed that having a strong culture implies having a strong organisation. ... There are a number of factors, such as size, objectives and people, which can influence a culture and the workin...

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The young Chinese boy was sent off to school, and he returned with books that did not have pictures of Chinese people in it. ... For example, the country boy came from a poor family who did not want to send him to school because they thought "he gets to be at least half as useful as a grown-up by the time he is eight or nine years old," but were forced due to proclamation. ... They are stuck believing that because they live in poverty no one in their family will be able to succeed in life. ... They need someone in their life to succeed and eventually lead them out of poverty. ... The reason of...

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Oral tradition also helps to educate the young and to teach important lessons about the past and about life. Since many oral traditions are well put together and are told often without any change, they are as dependable as any history books or as any recordings about a certain culture or being. ... Myths are those accounts, which portray the earliest possible time, including creation stories. ... Some historians research the facts of the epics with ancient written artifacts of that time. Arab traders and scholars of the time wrote accounts of these great empires and their important citie...

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For a time he reigns uneventfully. 15. ... Mary Wollstonecraft, a feminist in the eighteenth century, wrote many books and advocated for women's rights, but her work was never widely published or widely read and she never really improved the situation of women in her time (McKay 692). By modern standards, she is a hero because her cause was good, and she spent her life dedicated to her cause. Another example is Sir Lancelot Dulac of the Arthurian legend, who struggled to be good and moral throughout his entire life, but failed at resisting the temptations of lust (?...

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Many writers of the time expressed a very opinionated view of the new types of media brought upon mass culture. ... Some examples are how the male must be the protector and defender of his possessions, or that a woman's place in life is besides her man. ... His beliefs were still based on Victorian ideals, but at the same time he added some new ideas. ... Tarzan of the Apes also gives a good idea of views of women of the time. ... It did, however, become one of the most popular books of the time, so much as to influence culture into the present day. ...

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Many writers of the time expressed a very opinionated view of the new types of media brought upon mass culture. ... Some examples are how the male must be the protector and defender of his possessions, or that a woman's place in life is besides her man. ... His beliefs were still based on Victorian ideals, but at the same time he added some new ideas. ... Tarzan of the Apes also gives a good idea of views of women of the time. ... It did, however, become one of the most popular books of the time, so much as to influence culture into the present day. ...

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Siouxsie and the Banshees and Bauhaus are examples of popular Gothic bands which made an impact during this time (A study of the Gothic subculture). ... We don't lie to ourselves but we learn to enjoy life as we know and see it." ... This is because due to, example modern books and movies; the superstitons linked to them have dissolved and are replaced with aspects such as immortality that society desires for itself. ... Social life can only proceed if the meanings of the symbols are largely shared by the members of the society (Haralambos & Holborn 2000:1056)." ... Goths are able ...

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Though the different types of media are evident, I will list the most common ones: movies, television, magazines, books, newspapers, and the internet. ... With all the advanced technology today, you can almost do anything and watch television at the same time. ... She stays home to take care of the kids and the house, and in her spare time she likes to gossip with her girlfriends. ... Not to mention, that her life is so preoccupied with the above, that she has no time for school, and she receives terrible grades, but it is ok because she's daddy's little girl. Let us not forget that ...

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These works show the earliest works that tell the need of creativity in the human life. The early cave paintings show hunting and animals, which were very important in their way of life. ... Architecture, literature, and religion were important values in life. ... In the beginning it was very obvious that religion played a very important part in the life of the people. ... The Islam's follow the books of the Qu"ran as they did many thousands years ago and they also still travel to Mecca during the holy month of Ramadan. ...

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Americans are proud of their freedom and proud to stand tall and greet and teach new people that come into their daily lives about living a free life. ... Americans are always willing to gain knowledge of new things and have the best things, and most of the time these come from different areas of the world. ... The best science, the best technology, the best products, the best books, the best music, the best food, the best athletes (Ferrara, par 11)." ...

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With the television at the center of this new visual culture, Marling contends, "Life in the fifties i! ... What better place and time for Walt Disney to introduce his theme park? ... Americans also used leisure time to take advantage of the hobby mania that swept through 1950s America. ... Society still equated food and home cooking with happiness, home and love, but a fear of failure and lack of time caused women to utilize new time saving devices and foods, such as canned soups, minute rice and cake mix. ... Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book emphasized such time saving devices. ...

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