As a child, I was fascinated with personalized souvenir stands. There were so many names; I was determined to find mine. I would scour the rows of license plates and mugs in each store to no avail. I came to the realization that with a name like Malena, I would not find a custom keepsake. That, however, does not bother me anymore. I know now that having an uncommon name is a souvenir in itself. Based on the people I share my name with, the expected personality traits, and the meaning of my name, I would say my name fits me well. Instead of plucking a name they liked off a popular baby name website, my parents took a different approach. They named me after an actress with an uncommon name, and they changed the spelling to make it even more different. They wanted my name to be spelled how it would be …show more content…
Malena means “from the tower.”2 Although this meaning puzzled me at first, I can see how “from the tower” relates to my personality. When atop a tower, one can see for miles in every direction. He/she has a wide expanse of detail to take in, while still being able to see the big picture. Ever since I was young, that’s the view I have had on life. When I was in preschool, I came home one day and said to my mom, “The teacher helper has an earring in her tongue.” My mom thought it was hilarious, but she was shocked that I noticed. She called my friend Jenna’s mom to see if Jenna had noticed; she hadn’t. I was quite the oddity at that age. In fact, a few weeks prior to the tongue-earring realization, I had comforted a nervous Jenna on our first day of school. I said that it would be just like old times. I’m not sure what “old times” I was referring to considering we were three, but I was looking at the bigger picture. I knew that everything would be alright even though it seemed scary. I have had the tower view mentality for the majority of my life, so I feel that it would be fitting to say I’m “from the
There are many reasons why people may feel self-conscious; in which, others may or may not, be able to relate to. “My Name’’ is the fourth chapter in The House on Mango Street and in this chapter, Esperanza and I share some similarities. Being named after a relative, born in the Chinese year of the horse, and a dislike in our own name are similarities we share in this chapter. [Esperanza] “In English my name means hope. In Spanish it means to many letters’’(10). Esperanza expresses a dislike in her name due to the length stating, that her name it is too long. When I was younger, I felt the same as my parents placed upon me three middle names at birth. I to felt my name was too long. I would feel embarrassed when my family would address me by my full name although, they would only do so if I was
My mom gave the honors of naming to my dad. My dad was then debating before the birth either to give me a foreign name or an American name. Originally my name was Gia Bao Dao and was out of
Makenna, Mckenna, or even Mackenna all mean the same thing: wise, trustworthy, and imaginative. This uncommon names origin is Scottish, Irish, and Hawaiian. However, my dad hadn’t known all of these facts when he picked it. There wasn’t any research involved, only a movie. Both of my parents were watching Somewhere In Time at a cramped movie theater filled with frigid air. As the film began, a character Mckenna was introduced into the movie. The name dazzled inside of my dad's mined, never hearing of such a creative name. With baby names to decided from, and my due birth date only being a couple months away, my parents both knew it would be the one. The only difference was that the spelling would be with an “a” in between the m and k, making it different from the rest.
Well my Messas name was Nole William, and we were named for him. But when we was freed, we were told to take freed names.
In the article “The Name Is Mine” by Anna Quindlen, she explains her story about her name, why she chose to keep it, and why it has such meaning to her. As a result of keeping her maiden name, there were many positive and negative aspects that went along with it.
“Choosing My Name” by Puanani Burgress is a poem that reflects Burgess idea of her identity and how it is related with her different names. Despite having three different names Chirstabella , Yoshie and Puanani, she particularly likes identifying herself as Puanani although it is not her “official name”. Strange as it sounds, I aslo have three different names: Basanta, Kancho, Xxxxxx. My third name Xxxxxx is my cultural name that I cannot disclose thus I have decided to write it Xxxxxx as it is made up of six letters. Xxxxxx is my favorite and preferred name because it connects me to my family, my culture and my land.
Now we examine some of the functional uses of nostalgia as well as applying them in clinical settings. The main functions of nostalgia that will be discussed include an: increase in optimism, counteracting loneliness, and maintain physiological comfort. Starting with a paper from Zhou (2008) that looked at nostalgia being used to counteract loneliness. Over the course of four studies, they hypothesized that induced nostalgia could counteract perceived social support caused by loneliness. The reported results showed that loneliness is associated with decreased perceived social support along with a reported increase in feelings of nostalgia-itself associated with increased perceived social support. This relation shows
I love my name and I wouldn’t change it for the world. I love my name because it is a family name, it really means alot to me. I love my family and that is the most important thing to me other than God. In “The House on Mango Street” Esperanza says “I don’t want to inherit her place by the window”, she also says she “inherited” a family name like me. Esperanza says that she does not want to inherit her grandmother’s “place by the window” and I can’t blame her I wouldn’t either, but I want to inherit everything I can from my family. Like being humble, kind, loving God, having a way with people, good hunters, but most importantly putting God first and family second. I want to carry every bit of that with me that I
In different areas across the globe, names exist as a fairly standard means of identification between individuals. However, many different cultures use very unique naming systems to identify themselves and those around them. In Charles MacDonald’s article “Can personal names be translated?”, the author tells a short story about a Bengali boy that struggles with his own name, but eventually goes on to realize its true meaning after speaking to his father about it. In order to gain some initial insight on my own name, I did the same and asked my parents what my given names meant and why they were given to me. After some time pondering my own name(s) and the naming system I belong to, I gained some great insight on the significance of my own name. As MacDonald explains, my name, and everyone else’s, exists as a function of a cultural naming system, and this system has essentially determined that
A cultural artifact is something that does not come from nature, it is something that is invented or made and helps tell us about the way the world is. Cultural artifacts can be seen as a good and bad thing; depending on your generation or how you look at how the artifact being used. Cultural artifacts have changed the way the world is and the way the world works. For this paper, the cultural artifact the cell phone has changed the way we communicate and do business. Everything we need is just a few clicks away.
As I said in my introduction, your children must live with the name that you give them for the rest of their life or until they are old enough to legally change it. Make sure when you are figuring out a name that it sounds well written or read aloud. For starters, you can refer to the baby as the name that you have chosen and see if you like calling your baby that particular name. If not, find something else that is more suitable and do the process over again until the name is right one. People find inspiration through any and everything in the environment like TV shows, nature, or even books. Some people try and be very creative when coming up with names, in order for their child’s name to be considered “unique”. One thing you want to try and avoid is becoming over creative with spelling and pronunciation of a particular name. It could be difficult for society to pronounce and could be really aggravating for the child to always have to correct people. Think about how the ch...
Nostalgia. Such a simple word for something that causes us to feel many emotions. Listening to a certain song may make us feel sad and long for past times while watching some TV shows make you feel like a kid again. Countless studies have been conducted to understand the concept of nostalgia and to understand why it causes us to feel the way we do. Even though we all experience nostalgia on more than one occasion in our lifetime, it 's not uncommon for people to go through their lives feeling different types of nostalgia without knowing there 's a word to describe this feeling. There are many different definitions for the word nostalgia but the most basic and common is a feeling of longing for the past. Now that you’ve got a basic understanding
...ermine the causal factors that affect naming practice from that of a sociocultural approach. These specific disciplines depict the importance of social science in understanding “social phenomena” (Lewins, 1992, p.5) and thus understanding the social world within which all humans live.
Childhood is the most unforgettable period of my life. Everyone has childhood memories. My childhood memories took place in Eritrea. These memories that are happiest and saddest memories are still in my mind. Sometimes I remember things that have happened in my childhood period and they just make me laugh. Childhood memories can be bad or good, but we can’t forget them. For these reasons, childhood memories are the most important parts of my life. Specifically, also I have some good memories of childhood.
The consumption of goods by tourists while being on holiday is an essential subject in the tourism industry. Souvenirs are seen as universal elements of traveling (Swanson, 2012) and are looked upon as objects tourists can bring back home to remind them of their activities during their holiday, trying to make an intangible experience tangible through the purchasing of these artifacts (Litrell, 1993). Furthermore, souvenirs represent the notion of trying to prolong the travel experience (Swanson, 2004). The phenomena of collecting souvenirs while being away from home is rather nothing new. In fact, according to Swanson (2012), there are records going back to the time of ancient Egyptians, Romans, and later explorer-travelers who would bring mementos back from their journeys. Nowadays, the most typical souvenirs that tourists will collect can be categorized into groups. According to Gordon (1986), five groups of souvenir types exist: pictorial souvenirs (e.g. postcards), piece-of-the-rock souvenirs (natural elements collected), iconic souvenirs (items that evoke a message about the place they come from), markers (e.g. t-shirts with the name of the destination) and local product souvenirs (items indigenous to the area).