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The Pilgrim's Progress Research Paper

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Countercultural is the way of life or the social norms of society. Counterculturalism is the way we dress, act, socialize, and the way we show our personality. Mainstream culture is also known as dominant culture. Dominant culture is the principal, tendency, or trend. It is belonging to an accepted group, movement, or style. This can be an example of the type and style of music that is popular. The Pilgrim’s Progress shows many examples of counterculturalism. The first example that is seen in the book is when Christian leaves his city. Christian begs his family to go with him, but they do not. One day Christian left and did not look back. Christian left the City of destruction; he left everything he knew behind. Some of Christian’s friends …show more content…

They are both given items that help them “blend” in with the rest of the culture. People want everyone to look the same; they do not want someone to have something more or something less than the social norm. They want all of us to look alike and be equal. Every time I have entered into a new country, they always give me gifts and clothing so that I will look like them and so I will not stand out. Just like Christian and Faithful, they stood out from the rest of society. I know this is very true in other cultures. When people see Americans come into their culture, they get excited. They also feel as if we are richer than they are. Each country has its own counterculture and mainstream culture. This is why they will give us items from their culture so that we will fit in. They do not want us to stand out, just as Christian and Faithful did. When we enter into other cultures, we are not in their cultural norm. We may be in ours, but not theirs. I believe this is also another reason to why they want to teach us their language. For many Christians, we want to learn more about other cultures so that when we go we do fit in. We want to live in their world and get a feel of what it is like to live there. We want them to accept us as they are. We do not want them to see us as someone different. As Christian and Faithful did, they accepted the clothing and items that were given to them. The mainstream

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