comparison of culture through film
... Dunbar, who is posted in the frontier by himself and after about a week, he encountered some Indians going through his quarters and, he finally lost hope for other men coming to join him. ... “Cognitive Culture” The Indians believed that the land they lived on was theirs and no one could take it away from them without a fight. ... This thought of superiority still exists today in our culture because we are the most powerful country in the world and we have triumphed over everything that has been thrown at us, and we are more technologically advanced than most countries and the U. ... “Material Culture” During the time this movie was set to take place we were far more technologically advanced than the Indians were, we valued material possessions the most important aspect in life, as the Sioux prized life it self as the most important aspect in life. ... But Indians try to waste as little as possible because their culture is more conservative than the white man, for example when they kill an animal they use every part of it so that they don’t waste it. ... ”Links in Culture” If you change one of the components from your culture the other components will adapt to the new situation. ... So introducing one new invention into a culture left behind technologically changed their culture dramatically. ... I looked down on my culture after seeing how terrible the white men treated the Sioux, they viewed the Indians inferior to the white people didn’t care about their feelings at all. ... “Cognitive Culture” His beliefs had changed from when he was a free man but his knowledge hadn’t and helped him survive the 19 years he was in jail. ... “Material Culture” Sam had two favorite things: his books and his stones that he carved, he worked extremely hard in Shawshank to expand the library in the jail and his hobby was stone sculpting. ... “Links in Culture” Sam’s complete knowledge of the banking world helped him become successful in the real world, but really made him successful in prison. ... He became a totally different person after he was put in prison, his culture had been completely turned around, everything he believed in, his behavior, and his way of life were all different from how they were before he went to prison. ... “Cultural Universals” The two types of culture that are seen in this movie are both followed by the same man just at different times in his life. ... I appreciate my culture more because I didn’t have to go to prison to be who I am its just how I brought up. ... “Cognitive Culture” They believe that owning material objects is unnecessary and ungodly, their knowledge is mostly of manual labor because that’s all they do is farm work. ... “Material Culture” The technology the Amish use is extremely basic and tools aren’t made to make the job easier for you, they’re made just to do the job. ... “Links in Culture” In the Amish culture the man is the head of them house and what he says goes no matter what, the women bare children and prepare food, and also do work on the farm to earn their keep, which is not unlike the U. ... culture. ... I appreciate my culture more because we are allowed to do so much more than they are and are able to do just about whatever we want with our lives. ... “Cognitive Culture” The beliefs that Tommy came to know were that the chief controlled the tribe, and he could solve all the problems, and knew the answer to everything. ... culture the parents have jobs, the children go to school to learn how to get a job and be dependent upon themselves when they get older. ... “Material Culture” Americans pride their material objects, it is what a lot of people base their lives around is getting the next big thing, or something bigger. ... The invisible people don’t care about material object or know anything about them, the possessions they have help them through everyday life, like a bow and arrow. ... “Links In Culture” The different parts of your culture act on each other to determine what kind of person you are. ... That’s not all different from our culture, the men are still depended upon to provide for the family whether it be food or money and the women are expected to bare children and take care of them until they can go out on their own. ... I appreciate my culture a little more because I will learn more living in the U. ... I understand now that some of the tribes want to get away from their culture and become part of ours, I thought all tribes wanted to be left alone to their way of life.