Nacirema the shock

Nacirema.

When I first read this strange essay about the world of Nacirema, I just think it’s just a boring and dull essay about the one tribe in the world. So I just wrote my essay without consciousness about what ‘Nacirema’ really stands for. I insisted that this tribe is such a strange tribe that strongly believes a lot of different superstitions. In the writing people insist that the writers explain about the superstitions such as mouth-rite or medicine men’s temple. Without doubt, I believe it really exists in the real world. And when I recognized the true of ‘Nacirema’ which is a lampoon of American, I was really shocked. I really never expected the truth before teacher told me.

Yes! Nacirema is a satire of American. And the whole superstition that is written in this writing actually symbolizes the bad culture of USA. It satires the lookism in the USA and the excessive consumption of American. I am very surprised that most of students include me don’t recognize this fact. Actually, if this writing was written in Korean, we might be able to understand the true meaning.

With reading this writing, I am very embarrassed and disappointed myself because of the fact that I lack the creativity and English reading skill and the critical thinking. Also, I felt the necessity to read more articles and extend my perspectives. Having the diverse perspectives on the one article or topic is very important to read critically and to pick what the writers really want to say.

Finally, with the necessity of the extending the perspectives, I just thought this articles about the Nacimera is not just pointing the American’s negative culture but also we all ourselves.