Analysis Of Hugh Brady's The Other Side Of Eden

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The Other Side of Eden, by Hugh Brady’s; he speaks about Hunters, Farmers, and believes in a strong connection with the spirit world by the Inuit people. Brady started the beginning of his piece with a young girl who is growing up in the “Artic home” (Brody 11). He explains how the Inuit people believe when children are born they carry the “Atiq, the spirit and name” (12) of the ones who passed away before them. With this children are never disrespected, denied food, chastised, or controlled by others in their tribe (12). Within their tribe there are eight different languages spoken amount the people (112). Children learn the language, history, and traditions of their village’s stories told by the elders (13). Stories are not well explained and the children have to understand them (13). They have rituals that they preform to protect the world around them bountiful (113). Inuit people live their lives without a leader. They are “unconstrained by social hierarchy” (113). Therefore they are free to do as they please since they live in a “communal and individualistic system” (113). Since the Inuit people are Hunters and gathers they are not considered a society since do not have written documentation to prove they are aboriginals (271). Meaning they do not modify as “fully human” (270) and are being degraded, unfairly treated, and misunderstood by todays modern world government (271).

In Zapotec Science by Roberto J. Gonzalez I concluded that Maze (corn) is the primary food source for the Zapotec tribe formed from a wild grass (Gonzalez 1). The Zapotec villagers are located in Southern Mexico. Gonzalez realized that the way the Zapotec people grew their maze was extremely successful (2) since “farming and food production was p...

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...hanged once my sister got seriously injured in gymnastics. The connection we used to have was changing. Dinners were not on the table anymore, and my sister couldn’t help with making dinner anymore either. We all ate in different rooms. My sister ate in her bed since it was hard for her to move unless my parents carried her downstairs. My parents were either in her room with her or watching TV during dinnertime. I was the only one who ate at the table, mostly alone unless my mom wanted to hear about my day. A lot of family connection is based of food. For example having a guest you want to please them so you buy food they enjoy. Today our family dinners are back to normal beside the fact that I am in college now. When I am home for the holidays my sister and I are helping more out with either cooking the full dinner or just doing anything to help around that time.

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