Soup Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

This essay discusses the application of the concepts ethnocentrism and cultural relativism. Ethnocentrism is defined as “the tendency to apply one’s own cultural values in judging the behavior and beliefs of people raised in other cultures” (Kottack 44). An opposite concept is cultural relativism which means that a “particular culture should not be judged by the standards of another” (Kottack 44). I have a particular experience involving food practices which I am evaluating using these two concepts.

Description of the experience

A few years back, I accompanied a friend in a visit to the mountains of the Southeast Asia. We were asked to stay for lunch ...

Works of art can communicate critical information on the times in which they were created. Different time periods and different cultural backgrounds provide the stylistic and media elements of a work of art. There may be no specific intent to portray the times, but that is what happens when the artist creates a work of art in a particular artistic period. Examples of art works from two distinctly different times and cultures will demonstrate how the art in the Medieval period of European history and Pop Art from the late mid-20th century differ.
The Medieval period in art history ...

A slave named Androcles once escaped from his master and fled to the forest. As he was wandering about there he came upon a Lion lying down moaning and groaning. At first he turned to flee, but finding that the Lion did not pursue him, he turned back and went up to him. As he came near, the Lion put out his paw, which was all swollen and bleeding, and Androcles found that a huge thorn had got into it, and was causing all the pain. He pulled out the thorn and bound up the paw of the Lion, who was ...