Can someboby tell me the answer to a language arts assignment question having to do with the Scarlet Letter?

Question

Here is the question as my teacher stated it:
Turn to your own life and cite at least five examples from todays culture that contribute to your own assumptions about humanity's moral character. (Hint: Start with what you, yourself, thinks about humanity's moral character; then look at out media, our instatutions, and other personal sources which you think have helped shape the assumptions you have.

I have 4 done and all I need is one more! Please help!

Answer 1

1. Plunder Paradigm: Survival of the "fittest" without cultures defining "fit" or "fit for what?". (Capitalism/Sanctioned Greed)
2. Religious/Magical-thinking: Primitive conceptualization of what is "good" or truly healthy for mankind and society. (Preventing distribution of condoms during the pre-cocktail AIDS pandemic, medieval public hygiene such as pouring human waste in community wells, not knowing about bacteria.)
3. Ignorance: Knowledge deficits that hobble critical-thinking. (Creationism).
4. Self-Righteousness: Purity concepts of superiority of beliefs and violent defense of those narrow-beliefs. (Nazis, Christians, Muslims, etc.)
5. Self-centeredness: Failure to participate in social/global obligations. (Isolationism, polluting the environment, gated communities, Amish, etc.)

Answer 2

Example from today's culture: rap music

Its contribution that contributes to my assumptions about humanity's moral character:

Its depiction of women"
"Speaking of women as commodities, "bitches", "hoes" and "gold diggers" has been the status quo in popular gangsta rap music for a decade, and the content is only becoming more and more denigrating. In 1999, rap music became the most popular form of music in America (Scott, 1999). Many rap fans claim simply to like the beat of the songs. But the pervasive lyrical content prompts the question, are people listening to the songs because of or in spite of the lyrics? Do people really listen to the lyrics, and if so do they like or agree with the degrading representations of women? Do they find these lyrics more acceptable than similar degrading representations of men that fall outside the current status quo for popular rap music? This study examines the whether or not men and women are listening to the lyrics of popular rap songs, and whether or not both male and female rap fans prefer the lyrics of songs that degrade women to similar songs that degrade men."

Rappers are misogynists (who are secretly threatened by and scared of women.)

Answer 3

Have a look at the Patriot Act. Society now is willing to give up personal rights in order to be protected. We fought the War of Independence and wrote the Bill of Rights in order to be free. We are now giving up these rights to be free of fear. Our minds are being shaped by the fear generated by the media, our own Congress and our own neighbors. We see many people of Indian and Arabic descent now being persecuted in our country because they look like the enemy but probably came here for freedom.

Answer 4

the youngster became no longer illegitimate, the guy did no longer decide to declare her as his 2nd spouse. They slept at the same time, as a result they married interior the flesh. If the society interior the e book have been fairly Bible-based, the father could have been to blame for taking good care of that mom and newborn regardless of if he had to or no longer. the females and adult males individuals of Bible situations have been given married by ability of going right into a tent and doing the deed. No contracts, no wedding ceremony clothing, no white cakes, etc. Hester Prynne bore her "punishment" with extra classification than any member of that city ever possessed, yet no, she did no longer deserve it as she did no longer dedicate any sin.

Answer 5

hey um "instatutions" isn't a word just so you know. 1st of all SL is a great book im reading it too. how bout religious hypocrisy such as the Catholic priests who molested the boys or those televangelists who buy themselves jets or the adultery commiting pastors of today? religious hypocrisy was a main theme in the book so yo teacha might like that.

Answer 6

Read the story and formulate your own opinion and not that of others and you will never go wrong.