Five Perspectives
00.01 The purpose of this paper is to focus on history and culture. This is also the required paper four for English composition 1301.00.02 The thesis is this that this essay analyzes and interprets five essays on history and culture in terms of understanding the meaning, evaluating the strategy and appreciating the language as suggested by The Sundance Reader.01.01 In the first essay by Matthew Arnold he writes about the two influences in our world, which are "Hebraism and Hellenism". Hebraism is strictness of consciences and Hellenism is spontaneity of consciences. In the second essay by Ruth Benedict she writes about "The Pueblos of New Mexico", which are Indians. These Indians have a different culture than the any other Indian tribe in North America. The Pueblos of New Mexico are Apollonian and the other Indians are Dionysian. In the third essay by Joan Didion she writes about "Pacific Distances". She uses Los Angeles, as an example of how our cities have become so big that everything is the same. The constant rat race that people go through in order
The fifth essay, "America: The Multicultural Society" uses plain language to portray the authors message of how cultural diffusion has leaked into all parts of American and worldly fashions. and world are influenced culturally. Also, the author talks of how classical music and painting was influenced by different cultures. Which explains how America has several different cultures. The second essay, by Ruth Benedict speaks of cultural significance. "My Kiowa Grandmother" is an illustration of the authors grandmother and her tribes traditions. The language here is easily understood to the reader. Scott Momaday he writes "My Kiowa Grandmother". Which is the big city (Los Angeles) is so big that it is hard to escape from the confines of it. to stay caught up and how sometimes this drives people over the edge. In "Hebraism and Hellenism" the language is hard to follow it requires a more in depth look than the other stories. I can catch the theme but don't quite catch a clear representation of how the article in the paper fits together as a whole. Meaning that the countries surrounding it influence America. The way the author talks about these different instances helps illustrate their theme.
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