Draft:
For major project 1, I looked closely at how the world’s geographic borders influenced the cultures within them. I examined other writers’ texts about geographic borders and what they may influence, in order to try to answer ways in which they shaped cultures. In short, I believe that geographic borders drastically affected cultures, and I explained this in my project.
The project was complicated, and it evoked some tougher questions like “Do cultures form in opposition to each other?” When I thought about this question at first, I was stumped. The more I thought about the question the clearer the answer became. Cultures sometimes form in opposition to another. For example, if they didn’t like something about one culture, they may start to form their own new culture.
I believe that the work I did in Major Project 1 is important because it shows the way culture is formed due to geographic boundaries. It helps to explain why a certain culture may be a certain way. Not every culture is influenced by a border, but my work helps to show that there are cultures out there that are. My work is important because it shows that a simple border can make the things lying on each side entirely different. This project shows how I can adopt other people’s work and organize their ideas and reduce them to a version to help me explain my ideas. The project also shows that I understand that there are so many different kinds of borders, not just the physical ones, and they affect so many aspects of our lives. This Project has helped me to think about how my identity is influenced by my neighborhood, city, state, and country. This idea was something I have never really thought about, but it has now helped to show the person I am because of the area I live in.
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