THE CULTURE OF AMERICA.docx

the culture of americaamerica is the strongest country in the world. he has the fourth largest land and has a population of 311 million. american mainly consist of anglo-american and african-american. america is a cultural powers. short but rich history and unique it makes for an ethnic melting pot, and bring together the worlds culture.the main content of american culture is the emphasize on individuals value, the pursue of democracy and freedom, the promotion of deploitation and competition and the need of realistic and practicality. its core is individualism: self first, personal need first, pursue of individual benefit and enjoyment, emphasize on achieving individual value by self-strive and self-design. this type of intentionally build up of personality and pursue customized individualism has its pros and cons, it gives incentives to people and make them exert on their potential and wisdom and as a result accelerate the development of the entire race and nation; on the other hand it is difficult to keep good relationship among people if everyone is egocentric thus make the entire society lack of unity.american citizens emphasize on achievements and respect heroes. they have great sense in their hearts to praise success and heroes. personal achievements are one of those with the highest value in americans mind. americans have very strong senses of success. success is the pursuit of most americans, it is their attractive future and the incentives for moving forward. they believe that ones personal value is equivalent to his achievements in his career. some high achievers in their career such as entrepreneurs, scientists, artists and all kinds of super starts became modern heroes. the process and result of how they strived have become the frame of reference of social culture value and the real life text book for parents to educate their children.american society has great movements within itself. these movements are shown in two aspects: movements amongst locations and movements inside the society. the united states are relatively more open and have more freedom. developed transport and the tradition of adventure and sporty makes a lot of american migrate from countryside to cities, from downtown to uptown; and from north to the southern sunny land, from one city to another. unlike european countries, the social classes in america is not so stable. further more, with the advocation of public education, movements upwards along the social ladder have become possible. many people living in the states, no matter whether they are native american or immigrants from overseas, have the same dream of changing their social class and make their lifetime dream come true through their own efforts. this is what they often called american dream.if an american friend invite you to his home, what should you do? if you need take a gift with you? how should you dress? what time should you arrive? what should you do when you get there? thats different from china. thats what hospitality is all about: making people feel at home when theyre not. the question of whether or not to bring a gift often makes guests squirm. giving your host a gift is not just a social nicety in some cultures-its expected. but in american culture, a guest is not obligated to bring a present. of course, some people do bring a small token of appreciation to their host. appropriate gifts for general occasions might be flowers, candy or-if the family has small children-toys. if you choose not to bring a gift, dont worry. no one will even notice.american has a lot of festivals that we are familiar with them. november 1, halloween is the traditional festival of the west. halloween, namely 31 october night, children enjoy a good time to play. as night fell, the children put on colorful costume, and wore a mask of all sorts , put on a pumpkin lamp ran out to play. children ran to a neighbors door, intimidation, like shouting: to trick or treat and give money or to eat. if the adults do not have to change for the hospitality they candy, and those naughty boy just talk the talk: well, youre not playing entertaining, i you. november 4th thursday is thanksgiving. on thanksgiving day, the united states the whole fun, people follow the customs of the prayer of thanksgiving to the church, and rural towns are nearby, theatrical performances or sporting events, etc. continues for another year of relatives will return from many, one family luck, taste the delicious thanksgiving. of course the most important and famous is christmas day. now more and more chinese have take these festivals.america has many famous landmarks. for example , the statue of liberty and the yellowstone national park. the statue of liberty full name is “the bronze statue of liberty national monument”, official name is “shining the world, the statue of liberty”,on 28 october 1886 in the new york city harbor stands in the liberty island near the hudson river, was regard as the symbol of the united states.america has many famous people. mark twain wrote the million pound note. hemingways famous book is the old man and the sea. thomas alva edison invented the incandescent lamp. michael jordon is the greatest basketb