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    ENGLISH IV

    Task 2 Comparing two civilizations

    Presented by:
    Harold Alexander Bonilla Pérez

    Tutor:
    Andreina Villamizar La Rotta

    Código:
    518009_119

    Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia


    CEAD – Facatativá
    Licenciatura en inglés como lengua extranjera
    30/09/2023
    1.The answers of the student.
    a. What are the most important social characteristics of the two mentioned
    civilizations?
    Eastern civilization: where families make more decisions collectively. Third, arranged
    marriages are not a key feature of Western cultures, as love is seen as how people tie the
    marriage knot.
    Western civilization: Western culture gives people more freedom.
    Comparisons:
    - West culture it is written from left to right; in many Eastern countries the writing
    is from right to left.
    - Eastern culture is somewhat conservative, more traditional, has typical norms
    and values, while Western culture is an open culture that has a broad, modern
    sense and is adopted in modern times.
    - Eastern culture is industrious and based on struggle and creativity is also
    emerging; on the other hand, western education is more based on creativity and
    is more conceptual.
    - Eastern culture is interdependent; On the other side of the coin, Western culture
    is independent.
    - Eastern culture is somewhat informal; on the other hand, western culture is
    formal in many respects.

    b. What are the most important traditions in the two mentioned civilizations?
    Eastern civilization: Eastern culture is traditional, serving its people with various
    religions, languages, norms, and values.
    Western civilization: Western culture is modern, practicing some religions and not so
    committed to typical traditions.
    Comparisons:
    - Eastern culture practiced many religions, while Western culture practiced few
    and limited religions.
    - Eastern culture is traditional, following some typical traditions, surrounded by
    values and norms, while Western culture is modern and developed.
    c. What are the principal differences between the two civilizations?
    Eastern civilization: East are rigid in their ideologies and beliefs; they are often
    reluctant to challenge and question the long-practiced traditions and customs.
    Western civilization: Western cultures have their origin in the first civilizations of the
    Mediterranean.
    Comparisons:
    - Eastern culture refers to countries in Asia and the Middle East, while the
    western culture refers to North and South America, Europe, Australia, and New
    Zealand.
    - Eastern culture arranged marriages are common, while in Western culture love
    marriages are common.
    - Eastern culture, people are conservative and traditional while Western culture,
    people are open-minded and flexible.
    - Eastern culture, people can express their emotions subtly and in Western culture,
    people can express their emotions openly and directly.
    - Eastern culture, women can be expected to play a traditional role, and in western
    culture, women can have a better place in society.

    d. How did the two civilizations conceive religion and spirituality? Differences
    and similarities.
    Eastern civilization: many religions from the East that became popular due to the
    scandal of those in favor of preserving the purity of customs and religion in Ancient
    Rome. Among them, along with Judaism and Christianity, were the cults of Cybele,
    Isis, and many other mystery religions.
    Western civilization: Western religions are currently monotheistic worship of a single
    god who transmits his desires and teachings through prophets.
    Comparisons:
    - Eastern culture practiced many religions, while Western culture practiced few
    and limited religions.
    - Eastern religions prioritize silence over the word, the return to the eternal origin
    over temporality and its works, the fluctuation and alternation of poles instead of
    non-contradiction
    - Western religions, having developed in Western civilization, are properly
    Eastern because they too were born in the East
    - Eastern culture his teachings require a mental and, in some cases, physical effort
    since religion is usually associated with beneficial practices for the body.
    - the culture of both sides, that is, the West has a masculine culture, while the East
    has a feminine culture, so Western political thought shows a high degree of
    masculinity and Eastern political thought has characteristics of femininity.

    e. What is the role of the woman in the two civilizations in the past century
    and now? Differences and similarities.
    Eastern civilization: The female society in Eastern culture, cooperation, modesty, care
    for the weak and quality of life are highlighted.
    Western civilization: Western women have been subjected to double oppression, and
    the only benefit of capitalism for women has been jobs with minimum wages.
    Comparisons:
    - The West and the East have different cultural DNA due to the bifurcation of
    development paths on both sides in ancient times.
    - the civilizations of the West and the East should complement each other rather
    than oppose each other, and that both sides should learn from each other.
    - Eastern culture is more diverse and has a historical background, while Western
    culture is modern and not diverse.
    - Eastern culture expresses its feelings less; on the other hand, western culture is
    more expressive and direct in the expression of anger, especially.
    - Westerners tend to be more individualistic, and people from Eastern cultures
    tend to be more collectivist.

    f. What do you consider are the most important values and failures of every
    civilization and why?
    Eastern civilization: Eastern culture is traditional, has followers of various religions,
    somewhat conservative, developing, intransigent to change the culture and respectful.
    Western civilization: Western culture is modern, developed and evolved its culture, in
    a broad sense and has changed over many times.
    Comparisons:
    - Eastern culture has an educational system that is based on hard work and
    struggle, while Western culture is creative, and concept based.
    - -The peoples of the Eastern culture are more respectful towards their elders and
    take care of them in old age, while the peoples of the Western culture do not pay
    attention to their elders as they live in old homes.
    - The peoples of the Eastern culture make their decisions by consulting their
    parents, elders, and other peoples; on the other hand, the peoples of Western
    culture make decisions for themselves.
    - In the West, writing is letter by letter that the words make, in the East it is
    written word by word or idea by idea.
    - In the West the flags are horizontal, holding or waving from the mast at its
    narrowest part. In the east, the flags are vertical, holding on to their longest part.

    g. What do you consider are the most important contributions of every


    civilization to humanity? Why?
    Eastern civilization: Eastern culture, is more collectivist, concerned with the success of
    the group, with a tendency to modesty, interested in collective achievement, are less
    expressive of anger and feelings.
    Western civilization: Western culture, it's more focused on personal success, self-
    sufficient, with a tendency to overestimate their abilities, concerned with personal
    choice and freedom.
    Comparisons:
    - Eastern culture is less individualistic, generally in family and group systems and
    Western culture is more individualistic, lives independently.
    - Eastern cultures are more interdependent, while Western cultures are mostly
    independent.
    - Western culture follows the linear development that they may even change their
    norms and values instead of the development that Eastern culture
    - Western culture is based on equality, it is not hierarchical than Eastern culture
    - Sweets for children in the West have long been based on sweet flavors, in the
    East the flavors are sour, sweet and sour, acid, salty.

    2.The link to the video.


    https://youtu.be/fm78aYzP_0c
    REFERENCES

    NAATI (2022, 3 de Junio) Eastern vs Western Cultures. The Migration Translators


    https://www.migrationtranslators.com.au/east-vs-west-culturaldifferences/

    Tanmay Patil (2020, 3 de Junio) Understanding the Difference Between Eastern &
    Western Culture. Stay curious.
    https://medium.com/@tanmaynitinpatil/understanding-the-differencebetween-
    eastern-western-culture-d20f94dbf956

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