Analyzing My Own Assumptions

In the following post, I will analyze the text's relationship to our own cultural assumptions.

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What cultural or social values do we share with the society or culture in which the text was written? Why have they endured?

• The text was written in our culture, so we share all the same social values that the author does. We both value innovation and the improvement in the welfare of others, and I feel like many others do, as well. They have endured because they focus on the betterment of society, and society is continually working towards that as their main goal.

What cultural or social values do we not share? Why not?

• There are no values that the author and I disagree on. Both the author and I believe heartily in scientific advancement for the betterment of the world, and there isn't anything mentioned that I don't agree with. 

If the text is written in a culture distant or different than our own, what social values connect to or reflect our own culture? What social values can we not see in our own culture?

• The text is written in my culture, so the social values and directly connect because they are the same. All the social values are present in our culture.

If the text is written in our culture but at a different historical time, how have the social values developed or changed over time?

• The text was written about a week ago, so all of the social values are still the same and current. 

Reflection

After reading Elliot and Victoria's blog posts, I feel very comfortable with how I analyzed my own article's culture compared to my own. We all had good, developed analyses of our articles, but in their case, they both had disagreements with what the author said or how he said it. I completely agree with my author and her presentation because I think it is more effective.