'Differences in Cultural Perspective\r'

'Almost every individual go to be fascinated with beliefs or liaisons that argon assorted from what he or she unremarkably sees in his or her every day manners. These variations unremarkably arises the interests of the person in knowing and pinch the things that are not familiar to him or her. However, there are also instances wherein these differences could make mass pose their astuteness or prejudices upon an some otherwise(prenominal)wises that do not practice or adhere their beliefs. This kind of thinking is applic suit equal in the cultural differences that most countries nurture.The movie Forbidden terra firma could greatly exemplified the importance of understanding various civilisations. This cause picture feature two of the biggest stars in the soldier bid humanistic discipline film genre namely Jackie Chan and outpouring Li. Other actors also supported them most particularly Michael Angarano, which plays Jason Tripitikas that represent the Hesperian part of the world in the story. The plot of the movie paved the flair for the geographic expedition of the western and eastern agricultures. It enables its believeers to see the differences that these different parts of the world have.Nevertheless, it also paved the way for tidy sum glide slope from these two cultures to increase their tolerance for all(prenominal) other’s difference level off to the point of appreciating it. The movie revolves around a puerile boy name Jason Tripitikas. He is an avid rooter of Chinese martial arts. He frequently goes to mainland China town in order to buy slightly DVDs about martial arts movie. During one of the usual days that he went there, he pass by a pawnshop where he saw a stave. The owner of the establishment, an old Chinese guy named skitter informed him that the staff should be given prat to its rightful owner.On his way back home, Jason encountered the local bully, Lupo. He violently forced him to go to the pawnshop at night so that Hop would open it, which go away allow them to rob the shop and took Hop’s money. As the robbery happened, Lupo shot Hop precisely before he died, he instructed Jason to bring the staff back to its owner. Jason ran away from Lupo and his gang. However, Lupo was able to get a hold of him but before they could hurt him the staff transported him into ancient China where his adventure began.Jason interacted with the Chinese friendship back then and learned the true entertain of their culture peculiarly that of martial arts (The lucre Movie Database). The American adolescent’s intuition of the eastern culture specifically of the Chinese started with altogether the idea of martial arts. Every time he would heard about their culture it is not strike that the first thing that came into his mind is martial arts or Chinese food. This is not unexpected especially for a western teenager since most of his association about the Chinese culture is mould b y the media.However, when Jason was able to documentaryly partake in the real culture of ancient China he was able to understand their way of life. In doing so, he was able to adhere to roughly of their beliefs and practices. In line with this, Homi Bhabha’s arguments in â€Å"Culture’s In-Between” tend to explain the cultural differences that happened in the movie. The first thing that Jason experienced was a sense of identity that is simply based upon the western culture that he has. His posture of other culture is also based upon the beliefs that his western roots reinforced. Nevertheless, this changed when he experienced the ancient culture of the Chinese.He was able to understand the variation and even act on some(a) of the Chinese way of life. In this situation, Jason’s identity became multicultural because he does not only follow one particular belief or practice but he tend to be tolerant of others as well (Bhabha, 54). Moreover, based on Ra ndall Raus’ â€Å"The American Perspective of: What is Culture? ” he assert that America is actually very tolerant of other nations’ culture. He asserted that there is no other rural area that is culturally diversified as the coupled States due to the presence of numerous people coming from various states that have their respective ways of life (Raus).Being the case, this caused the establishment of different cultural practices in the country that is observable in varying communities there like the Latino, Chinese, Filipino, and others. Early on in the story, the western teenager already has his fascination with martial arts. Due to the influence of media, he thought that martial arts were a â€Å"cool thing. ” He perceived it as some sort of trend that if he could be able to perform such kind of stunts he would immediately gain popularity.The teenager also has this thinking that learning martial arts would demand respect from other people and this wo uld also boost his re put downation in the community. This kind of adage is greatly influence by the media. Communication technology like the television, Internet, advertisements, commercials, and others has a colossal impact in the way of thinking of people especially of young adults nowadays (Rayuso). Martial arts are usually portrayed in movies or television shows as something that is merely fascinating earlier than its true purpose of self-defense.In this sense, media tend to modify the view of the people with regards to other culture. This eventually impedes the proper understanding of other nations’ beliefs and practices. The manipulation of the media regarding people’s scene about a certain group or nationality is widely observable at the present time. A good example is the issue of terrorism wherein some irresponsible media reporting tend to always put Arabs and Muslims in a bad light as they pertain to them as the one responsible in terrorist attacks (Hamza , et. al).Citizens of various nations either get interested with the culture of other countries or they would immediately disregard it especially if it is not similar or near the practices that they have. Nevertheless, the friendship of other nations culture is very essential in order for people to properly understand each other and learn to accept the differences that exists among them. It also guardianship in clarifying wrong notions that people have regarding their counterparts in other states. The correct knowledge of other cultures could foster greater understanding and acceptance among the people all over the world.\r\n'