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How does culture clash arise in this essay? In terms of self, what role does culture play for you? What kinds of cultures do we consider besides an "American culture" when considering ourselves?
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In Iserhoff's essay culture clashes when the kids are sent off to school. At the new school for high schoolers the natives aren't welcome. The white people yell at them in the streets, and abuse them after dark. The natives do not like this school, and want to go home from all of the poor treatment that they encounter.
For me, I live the american dream. I have safety and security, and the chance to get a good education. For most people in our culture have the same outlook.
I think that the "American culture" is more of less just a title. I feel this way because in our culture race, religion, and wealth really isn't a big issue. People are just people and mainly treated equaly unlike the natives in Iserhoff's essay.
In The essay the culture clash in two situations. One when the children are send to the hospital, and two when they are send off to school. The cultures that they are faced with are entirely diffrent and lack the teachings that they have encountered in the past. They are subject to abuse, and racism from others who are not exactly like them. They are punished for speaking in their native language of cree.
Culuture plays a very large part in my self. I try not to keep in the norm and do things that I really do not belive in just because its the normal easy way of doing it. Even with this frame of mind the American culture has somewhat closed my mind to other cultures. I do not like being like this, but in this society I feel as if we look only out for Americas well being not taking into account others way of life.
To look deep into self we need to look away from what the American culture has done to some of us and look to our orgins, and look at other lifestyles of people around the world to figure out ourselves.
In Iserhoff's essay culture clash arises when the Canadian government interferes with Isheroff's family when it is mandated that she starts school. Her family doesn't want her to go, because one of her duties is to be taught how to take care of her mother and father when they become elders. This then lead for even bigger culture clashes and eventually pulls Iserhoff away from her family.
When we refer to our selves and culture to me it plays a major part in who we are. It’s really culture that mostly makes us, us, seeing as culture is every thing from are religion, to how we treat each other, and even our values. America has many varying cultures that have mingled into one, and what defiantly makes us who we are in America is this culture we have based on individualism meaning you can be who ever/ what ever you want. So yes it plays a big part in being are selves.
When we refer to culture in America, but not specifically American we mostly refer to the Cultures of those generations before us that we can relate to. My family is much interbred among nationalities excluding America. When considering myself I think of myself as French for the fact that my last name is French so I can’t really hide that one. Then German because my great-grandfather had immigrated with his father before WWI, but not much of those two cultures really exist in my average day life most of it has faded into American culture.
In this essay I think there is a lot of racism with the different cultures. Iserhoff doesnt know what to expect when she goes to school and doesn't understand why they are treated so poorly. She hates school so much and just wants to be back in her own culture. I think this is so wrong, the people of different culture could learn so much from Iserhoff and her culture.
Culture doesn't really affect me much, I ahve never really had to interact with other cultures but when I have I didn't think of that culture in a bad way it is just how they were brought up and i thought of it a learning opportunity.
I think Iserhoff has to be a strong person after all of the things she was put through. To be pushed into a different culture against your will had to be difficult. The first culture clash I saw would probably be when she and her family traveled to the Hudson Bay store she saw things she had never seen before. Another culture clash when she got sent off to the hospital, when she was forced to go to school, and when she was descrimnated against. The one that stood out most to me was when she started to feel like she didn't even fit in with her family. That is a terrifying feeling to have the people most important to you just stop caring.
For me I think culture plays a semi-important role in terms of self. Without my culture I wouldn't be me. I wouldn't have experienced or seen the things that have shaped my life. But I try not to let my culture make my "self". It is hard though because the American culture is always in my face. I like to think that there are many other cultures beside the American culture in my life.
Culture definitly clashes when Iserhoff is sent away to school along with the other children. She struggled a lot through all of the mistreatment and beatings but in the end came through and told her father she wanted to stay in school. This shows what a strong person she is and how she was able to overcome such a dramatic culture change. She then developed into a completely different person and became unaccepted in her own family as she found flaws with the way things worked in Mistissini.
I personally have never had to overcome such rough conditions and horrible mistreatment. It is definitly hard for me to relate to her but I can understand how difficult it must have been throughout her life.
The culture clash at one time is when the children are forced to go to school. A school they find horrendus and very degrading. Forced to stay there for 10.5 months, can't speak there own language when its the only language they know. Stuff like that.
I really know much about my culture sure i have and american culture but i wouldn't know how to describe it my family stopped going to out Christan church years ago.
Other cultures i would consider myself would be like my grandparents were German on one side and British on the other. Probably should have one other than American just because mostly only Americans like the American culture. Bummer
Iserhoff had to deal with a couple culture clashes throughout her life. The first being when she was sent to the hospital in France when her mother had told the nurse that she found worms in her stool. She had to deal with living without her family and not understanding the language of the people surrounding her. Probably her biggest culture clash was when she went to high school and the people were so different than what she was used to. They started drinking and going to parties, and the natives were harassed and sometimes killed. She also had to move in with some family she had never known and learn to live in an environment that was totally different from what she was raised in. Then after she had to go home her family and the other natives told her she was not good at all of the chores that the women supposedly should be good at.
Personally I have never felt any culture clashes in my life. The closest thing to culture clash for me would be visiting my relatives. On my moms side, I have six aunts and uncles who are all German calm normal citizens in my eyes. Then on my dads side, I have its seems one million crazy loud family oriented proud Italians. Its a very different atmosphere from what I am used to but I still enjoy it. So the only cultural difference that I would consider in my life would be the white Americans verses the crazy Italian Americans.
The culture clash in the essay is when Iserhoff is sent off to school. She doesn't want to go, but it is her duty to learn, and the government makes her go. For me culture plays a role in that, I have freedom for the most part and I am able to make my own decisions for the most part. It also helps that I live in a time period that doesn't have too many restrictions anymore about natives or anything in our culture.
Like someone said earlier, I consider my culture "The American Dream" in that I have freedom, and don't have restrictions, Iserhoff lived in a time period and a place that made restrictions against natives in Canada.
There is a lot of problems when she is sent off to school. It was difficult for her when people treated the natoves so poorly. She did not understand why people would treat them like that and to her she was just like the white people only different language and skin color. I rememeber when she went on vacation where she saw men woth blonde hair and light skin when she was very young. She was not used to seeing men with light hair because everybody in her culture was basically all dark haired men.
I do come from a small town. In my high school I only had one african american kid. I did live on a street with ten houses. Where six of the houses were whites, three of the houses were indians and one house was african american. On my street I did have a diversity of people living there. Every house that was indian were all doctors. I have a state of mind where when I see an indian I automatically think they are smart and are most likely doctors.
In this essay, culture clash is all over. When she is sent to school from the hospital, her and the other natives are treated terribly. Because of this treatment, the decide that they don't want to stay at school. After a while though once they begin to like it better they stay and get a good education.
I think that there is another kind of a culture clash when they go back home after being at school. The culture that they were introduced to at school clashes with their native culture. She becomes more independent and "grows out" of her families culture in a sense.
I think the hardest part of Iserhoffs struggle was coming back to her home village with the new culture she was immersed in at school. It must have been very painful be treated like she was useless to her family and community. She had two totally different lives and had to find her 'self' in the midst of these clashing cultures during a time in her life when its difficult for even American teenages to have a sense of identity.
For me the american culture is dominant but im also a part of the teenage generation's subculture. This plays a big part in i think most of young peoples lives. Since things are pretty different then when our parents grew up i think its safe to say we grew up in a slightly different culture than they did.
In Iserhoff's "Excerpts from My Life" cultures clash when the children go to school. The new experiences emotionally tear the children apart. They are not used to the strict livelihood in which mistakes are punishable by abuse. This "change of scenery" for Annie, though extremely degrading, sets her up for a successful, independent life.
I've personally never felt any cultural clashes that directly affect me. However, I've seen a couple fights due to racism. Even today I wonder how people are able to treat people of another race with such disrespect.
Partially in response to jb32:
Racism, though not AS big of an issue, is still in our society. Just last weekend I was at a party with a friend of mine, whom is black. He was minding his own business, walking from the balcony into the apartment. He bumped into some random guy (whom is white) and the guy said to him "watch where you're going..." and proceeded to use the N word. Needless to say my friend struck him and several people had to restrain my friend, while myself and 2 others showed the guy to the door.
It's still an issue for sure. Like I said, not AS big of one in terms of occurrence, but still around.
Culture clash arises in Iserhoff's essay in two different ways. One was when "sick" children are send to the hospital, and the other is when native agent select certain kids to be send off to school. The student at the school receive brutal spanking if they disobey a rule. The kids are treated with no sign of respect as if they aren't a human being.
In term of self, I have the privilege of being free. I have a future that not many kids around the world have. This future includes education, freedom, family, live, and etc.
When considering ourselves, my family has a very traditional Vietnamese lifestyle. Which is eating our culture's food, attending church every Sunday, respecting the elders, and etc. It is closely similar to the culture in America. To me, everyone's culture is closely identical since we don't judge people base on ethnicity, religion, class, wealth, and etc.
First and foremost, I was initially very confused when I read this essay. This was because I didn't realize what culture Iserhoff was part of. After reading though, I definitely saw culture clash when the students didn't want to attend school. Sure, more "civilized" children still dread going to school every morning, but it is kind of understood that that is what young people do. I saw a clash of culture between Iserhoff's and the Canadian culture especially when her dad told her she could quit school, but she refused. This showed that she was beginning to adapt to canadian culture.
I guess you could say that I was brought up exposed to many cultures, which is why I try to be as open minded as possible and why I really like diversity.
American culture is interesting, because it is partially all of the mother cultures of our country to put together, but partially our own thing. Right now, American Culture is all about the individual, the concept of "Generation Me." Also, I feel like American Culture is based upon the idea of being able to dream big and achieve your goal, because so many Americans have success stories.
Culture Clash arises when the children go to school. The Children from the group are treated like second class citizens. They are beat and treated poorly. Also later in the book when Iserhoff goes to college she it discriminated against everywhere she goes. It's even worst because the professors don't see it and no one does anything to stop it.
In terms of myself culture doesn't play a big role I am a American but hard to be very supportive of that thought. I try to take the good in being an American and express that, not some of the views American culture is be looked down upon for.
Other kinds of cultures that people consider themselves is regionally. I feel a culture to the southeast Ohio, Athens area cultures. Also to cultures that we may descend from.
In Iserhoff's essay, one major culture clash occurs when she is sent to school. The children were brutally punished if caught speaking their native language of Cree, and futher more treated unfairly just because of their decent. Iserhoff was cruelly treated at the hospital by a certain nurse, who held her head under water repeatedly until she struggled and gasped for air. The native indians were degraded, screamed at, and punished on a regular basis. In terms of self, I feel apart of a very priviledged culture. I have food in my stomach, a roof over my head, and many opportunities available to me.
To answer the first question, the cultural clash starts when the kids first have to go to school. They are told they can not speak their native tongue or they get spanked. Another time is when the kids were in high school and they walked the streets and the white people would yell at them.
I have lived in America my whole life but my family is extremely italian i take pride in being italian. My italian culture with me growing up in america has shaped me into who i am today as a person.
Throughout the essay there are many examples of cultures meeting and clashing. The girl is a member of a community of Indians that live in a very rural area they refer to as the "bush". The first clash of cultures comes when the girl is eight years old and is forced for the first time to leave the community and go to school. While at school she encounters a major clash of cultures. The counselors of the school make the children stop talking in their native language and force them to speak English. The girls parents and grandparents rely on hunting and gathering as a means to support the family. At the school the girl is introduced to large building, automobiles, living outside of tents, and many other things that seem strange to her culture. American culture is made up from a number of different backgrounds and cultures therefore, we have retained many traditions from many different sources. For me i guess you would say I am more of a typical American. I enjoy spending time with family and friends, getting an education, watching sports, and taking part in many other activities.
In Iserhoff's essay, she explains how large of an impact the french society had on her and her family. Through not only her own struggles, but the struggles of her peers, their culture is greatly affected. The experience at school and the hospitals have changed them (as a people) To the point where she even comes disowned by her family
Culture does play a major role in my life, mainly because of where I live. America is a mixing bowl, who's beliefs and actions is greatly influenced by cultures from around the world. Coming from the Washington D.C., being very diverse, i've experienced throughout the years, how different culutres live, react and believe in society. I personally think that Some places in the U.S. simply haven't been exposed to the extent that I have, mainly because of Geographical areas, and its something that we should all strive to be better at.
in iserhoffs essay culture clashes when she is forced to go to school where natives are not welcome. this interfers with her culture in many ways, the biggest being the way she is treated for being different. another way this interfers is she was raised with the expectations of eventually having to take care of her elders. being forced to go to a school where she is treated unfairly gets in the way that duty that her culture puts a lot of pride in.
although i cannot relate to being discriminated against in such a terrible way, i come from a very italian family and it would be devastating to me to not be able to practice my families tradition and culture.
iserhoff being forced to go to school was a major focal point for the culture clash in this essay. Culture plays a big role in my life because of where im from. Small town wilmington Ohio has grown to become a major melting pot of people due to DHL and ABX Air. New students, chineese, puerto rican, mexican all have been droped into the high school not knowing very much english if ny at all. This makes it hard to communicate with people throughout the city because the number of people that dont speak english is rising. Another thing that pisses me off more than anything is seeing my black friends being racially profiled by the cops for no reason. Overall America is a mix of who knows how many cultures, and people should embrace that.
Culture clash occurs when she goes to the hospital. It also occurs when she goes to the new schools. Culture plays a role with me when i go to visit my dads side of the family. His side of the family is the mexican side so that when i experience a lot of that culture. I think american culture had taken a lot out of our origins. i agree with bemjamin011 that we need to look back a little bit and see where we came from.
How does culture clash arise in this essay? In terms of self, what role does culture play for you? What kinds of cultures do we consider besides an "American culture" when considering ourselves?
Culture clash appears in the essay when the natives are discriminated against at school. The natives actually fear school due to the discriminatory nature of the white kids that go there.
Culture isnt really that big in my life, I dont have a religion, which is usually a very important issue for other cultures. In America we have freedom to believe and practice what we want to... so that is what I do.
Culture clash arises in a couple scenarios in this essay. Upon going to school Iserhoff's native culture clashes with that of the school. In addition to that, after going away to school for a number of years, she returns home to find that she clashes with her native culture (when her father and brothers expect her to wait on them would be an example).
For myself, culture is something that I take pride in, and love that I can say I am a part of. If you look at this broadly, there are cultures and tradtions within the American culture that not everyone practices. So the differences in cultures world wide is pretty incredible when you think about it. I suppose the american culture, as a whole, is difficult to define because it is constructed of cultures from around the world.
Culture clash is evident in the misunderstandings all around. When the kids go off to school and when the Indian man comes to the tent and speaks a different language that she doesn't understand.
In terms of "self", my culture plays a very important role in my ever changing character. I wouldn't write the same music, write the same words, read the same books if I weren't in the type of culture where it's available for me.
I consider many cultures besides American. A lot of our "American" culture is based on other cultures. Personally, I think a lot about Turkey when I think about my cultures. I am the way I am because of my Turkish customs.
When Iserhoff goes into her new school, she feels a sort of "culture shock." She doesn't like it where she is and feels discriminated against, I don't blame her. She wants to go back to her home so she doesn't have to deal with all that is going on around her. In my own life I have never really had to deal with a change in culture. I have been stuck in a bubble that is the suburbs of Cincinnati other than traveling overseas. However when I was put into those different cultures, I felt that I adapted to them very well and knew that I was new to it. I did my best to blend in.
Cultures clash a great deal in this essay. Growing up, Annie is only shown one way of life, and she isn't ever really exposed to much else, as they are in the bush for ten months at a time.
In going to school, she was exposed to another way of life entirely. She was exposed to another race, as well as the subject of racism. Through this I believe that she gained a stronger feeling of self.
As for me, I wasn't really exposed to any of this until I went into the Marine Corps. My state is 98% white, and the culture shock was immense, as well as being in the south where race is still a definate an issue.
I noticed two cases where cultures clashed. When the children are sent off to the hospital and when they are sent to school.
In the hospital, they are kept there for long periods of time and Annie experienced abuse when one of the nurses would hold her underwater. More than likely because of her race. In the school all the natives are discriminated against by being yelled at in the streets and abused.
Other than considering myself as a part of American culture, I take into consideration where my family has come from. My dads side is full Polish and has only been in the US since WWII so there is a lot of cultural influence from that side of the family. I know that our society in the US shapes our culture but I think that when actually breaking it down, all sorts of cultures influence American Culture.
Although there are many instances of "culture clash" in this narrative, I believe the most prevalent of these occurred at the end of the essay. When Iserhoff returned home for the final time in the piece, she realized the wedge that had been driven between her and her family during her time away from home. She comments on how she had learned to be more independent, and how she expected the same from her younger siblings. She did not agree with her native traditions which stated that a woman's place was to serve the men in the community. After the racism she faced in Manitoba and her conflicts with her family, Iserhoff soon came to the conclusion that she did not belong anywhere. I tried to read this reflexively, but I had extreme difficulty with this because her situations were so different from mine. I could not even begin to fathom how hard it must have been to be apart from my parents at such a young age for such a long period of time. Overall, I found this essay to be fascinating, one which I did not feel like it was a chore to read.
Iserhoff describes how many psychological problems arose when she was removed from her culture. The children who were sent off to school seemed to retreat within themselves. They had to develop a thick skin to protect themselves from the abuse of the staff and their peers. Extreme problems occurred when the children began to absorb the values of the school. In particular, Iserhoff describes her culture rejecting her and the other school children because they did not know how to work fast enough.
In this essay by Iserhoff culture definitely clashes when the natives are sent off to school. The Canadian children do hurtful things towards the natives when they are up at school. Most of the time the children did not even want to be at school but were forced to attend.
In my own life I have never really experienced a major culture clash. I have been through a few minor ones but nothing major. American culture is a lot different than every other culture in the world. We have the freedom to do almost whatever we want say whatever we want practice any religion we want.
I definetly noticed an instance of culture clash when Iserhoff is sent to the hospital and also sent to school. At the hospital she was almost drown because the nurse was holding her underneath the water. She probably would have drown too if they didn't give her a new nurse to do her bathing. That is disgusting to me that someone is that racist to go to the point of hurting someone. And also the natives were hurt in the fighting that would occur on the streets at dusk, she called it a "painful experience". I don't really think that culture plays a huge role into my life besides interacting with people of other cultures. I don't think that there is racism like this today, unless I just don't see it.
Culture clashes arise in this essay many times. When the children are taken to the hospital at the very beginning until the natives go to college and racial slurs are shouted when they walk down the streets. In terms of myself culture doesn't seem to play a big role. This is because I am part of the majority when it comes to culture. My culture stems from middle class in middle America. If i was somewhere other than Ohio im sure it would be a very different story. New York would be a good example.
I am used to a slower life with more personal contact but in New York its a much faster pace with a completely different culture.
The girl in the story was faced with a lot of culture changes because she did not speak the language. Also, the food was not what she usually ate when she was at school. These culture changes made it hard for her to adapt to the changes at her school. I consider my culture other than being an American is German and Irish. I feel that the food I grew up on was based a lot on the Irish culture like corn beef and potatoes but a lot of my personality was shaped from the American point of views.
In this essay culture clash occurs when the children are sent to the hospital and to school. They have to learn English and are only allowed to talk in English and not their native language. They are not used to all the different kids and especially not the city setting.
Culture is a big part of my life. I consider myself under the umbrella of "American culture". I am very much a part of everything that would be considered American. On the other hand I also believe that besides being a part of the American culture I am able to see beyond just my own culture. I would like to believe htat I try and learn about different cultures and expand my world view as best I can. I also think that I look at other cultures and heritages and try to better myself by being open to everyone and every type of place. Another culture I associate myself with is my hometown. I believe that the way I am has a lot to do with where I come from and how I was raised in my specific culture.
Culture clash occurs in the way that children who are natives are treated. Within America there is a lot of culture, and a lot of times those cultures clash. Since America is such a melting pot, and since we do have a lot of freedom, there are often clashes due to race, sex, right, etc. Besides an American culture I keep the culture of Athens in mind, but also keep in mind my roots in Arkansas, Indiana, Japan, and Texas. I think that living in so many different places has not only cultured me, but allowed me to see a lot of other cultures and interactions.
I see gender roles being transmitted to children through almost every fad that comes along. I remember when pogs and slammers were the cool thing and there were distinct pogs and slammers for boys and girls. The boys always had skulls or heroes on them and the girls always had something pink or really feminine on them. You can always tell the boys isle from the girls isle in stores because the girls toys are always frilly while the boys toys are rugged. The girl isles are filled with Barbies and ponies while the boys isles are filled with army men and trucks.
Some other forms that show gender roles are books tailored towards children. My sister used to read Dear America books which showed a girls perspective. I used to read the Hardy Boys.
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