Interpretation Essay Draft-Brett

Source Interpretation Assignment

Brett Rider

Introduction:

Is globalization a good or bad thing? This is a good question and everyone will have a different answer to it.  There are arguments for both sides.  Each person's opinion can come from different places.  Depending on what kind of TV you watch or what kind of newspapers you read your opinion might be different from others.  It is about how certain sources make it look.  In this essay I will talk about how globalization affects us individually and collectively.  And if one day we will have less of an individual identity and a more collective identity.  Will we eventually become one culture, one world? What is your position?

Body Paragraph 1:

In source one it says that a more collective identity will be reached and this will unite the whole world into one culture.  I don’t agree with this.  Our culture is different from others and I don’t like the idea of it becoming the same as everybody else.  I think it is better to have a collective identity as Canadians.  Canada is a culturally diverse country, I think it is good that we accept all different cultures, but I don’t think it would be good for the whole world to share a collective identity. The question is not if you agree that it is a good thing or not, the question is do you agree it is happening or not? You can talk about it being a bad thing as well, but you are missing the main question.

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In the second source it shows two signs in different languages.  They are both Sesame Street signs.  Sesame Street was originally made in North America and was in English.  It is a good example of how shows are globalized.  Today you can go most places in the world and watch it in that language.  But it isn’t just Sesame Street; many shows that are made in North America are regularly watched in other countries.  These shows are showing viewpoints of the people in North America to people in a lot of different countries.  Going back to the first source, if other people start to share the same beliefs because of TV the world will be more united and start to share cultural beliefs. Refer to my comments from class and the last paragraph. 

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In source three it says that the Chiquita bananas are inspected six times before they are shipped.  This might be true but I don’t think the way this is done is right.  These bananas are grown and picked in the tropics, shipped to North America, and sold in stores here.  After this process you would expect them to be expensive, but it is the opposite.  They are very cheap.  This is made possible because the people where they are grown make very little money.  I think this is a negative aspect of globalization, although we like this because we get the bananas very cheap, it is not right that people work to produce them and barely make any money.  Sometimes all family members have to work and they just make enough money to survive.  The land owners make most of the money and pay workers almost nothing.  This is good information but what does this source have to do with the first source and the over arching question?

Conclusion:

Globalization is all over the world and affects everybody.  With technology today, there is more of it and we can’t really do anything about it.  If globalization keeps increasing it will not be for the good because we will lose our individual identity and become more collective.  Someday everyone might share the same language and have all the same beliefs, and I don’t think that is good.