Things to think about while watching Glee.....

On a cold winter's night, while watching "Glee," the thought of my monthly connection blog entered my mind. Cultural relativism is a thought that can even be demonstrated through the shallowness of "Glee." The whole idea of accepting one's lifestyle is shown in a high school setting with the different cliques. While one person sees singing as lame or stupid, the other student will see someone who plays football as being a neanderthal. The whole idea of accepting one's culture seems too perfect in my mind. You may see cultural boundaries as something bad, but without them what differs between two groups of people, other than geography. The subtle differences between cultures such as: clothing, music, heritage, and lifestyles, change who we are and how we grow up. With everyone alike, there would be nothing to set us apart from one another. The differences follow into the animal kingdom, such as the leopard and the puma. One genetic variation changes the entire coat, speed, and habitat of the feline. The differences in culture relate to the differences in Things Fall Apart because of how each tribe lives their lives, as well as the natives to the Europeans. An example being, the idea of suicide, is the worst possible thing in the minds of the tribesman and they would not even touch the body of Okonkwo. The European men didn't this act of taking one's life to be that bad. The idea of accepting one's culture in the novel goes with the idea of accepting Christianity. While you may want to be polytheistic, Christians would like to convert you to Christianity. In my mind, keeping cultural differences is a good thing, something that should be remembered. Heritage as well is something to embrace by the next in line. (I'm definitely watching "Glee" with Karen because I'm not gay(She told me to say that). I would much rather being playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2).