Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Differences

Choose two of the following types of literature:

China, Japan, Middle Ages, Africa.

Write 2similarities between the literature and 2 differences.

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  1. Chinese and Japanese
    Similar- Both use the Chinese pictographs for calligraphy, both usually write about nature
    Different- Japanese literature focuses more on Zen than Chinese, Chinese tends to focus more on Buddhism

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  3. Japan and China
    Different- Japan focuses on Zen and China focuses on Buddhism
    Similar-Both Japan and China talk about peace and nature

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  4. Africa v. Japan

    Similar-
    1.) Tells a story about a person or a tale
    2.) Both have paradox's

    Differences -
    1.) Japan has poems (Haiku's)
    2.) Japan has Zen paraboles

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  5. Japan and China
    Different- Japan focuses on Zen and stuff like that and China focuses on the Buddhism.
    Similar- They both focus on peace.

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  6. Middle Ages and Japan
    They both teach people lessons. They both can be short
    Middle Ages had poems. Japan had short stories

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  7. Japan and Middle Ages are similar because they both have morals. They are different because Japan literature includes paradoxs.

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  8. There are morals for all three types of literature, many of them focus on the entertainment side of literature such as romance, or heroic epics.

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  9. Japan and China
    Similar- Both focus on nature
    Different- Japan focuses on Zen and China focuses on Buddhism

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  10. China and Japan
    Different-Zen for Japan, and for china ,war, warriors
    Similarities- they focus on peace and nature

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  11. Japan and Africa both have paradoxes in their literature.

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  12. Japan and China
    Similar- they both focus on peace, and the nature around them
    Different- Japan uses Zen and China uses Buddhism

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  13. Both Japan and China focus on the environment and peace. China is a buddhist country. Japan believes in Zen.

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  14. Japan and middle ages
    The zen is very important in Japan, and poetry is very important in Middle ages culture.
    They both teach moral lessons.

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  15. Middle Ages vs. Japan
    Different- Japan has Zen, while Middle Ages has Chivalry
    Similar- Religion is important to both as is honor and respect

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  16. China and Japan
    Different-Japan focus's on Zen, while China is about war and warriors
    Similarities- they both focus and talk a lot about nature

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  17. Japan and Middle Ages
    Different- Most important type of literature varies from zen parables to troubadour poetry. Difference in amount of focus while praying or doing other types of activities.
    Similar- Religion is important to their culture, as well as respect and honor.

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  18. Japan and China
    Similarities: They both focus on peace and nature.
    Differences: Japan is about Zen and China is about Buddhism.

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  19. The Middle ages and Japan were both have morals. The difference between them was that Middle ages included Chivalry and Japan includes paradox.

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  20. Middle ages and Japan...
    Similarities-
    1. Both use poetry
    2. There were morals to their stories based on their own culture.
    Differences-
    1. Japan literature included paradox
    2. Middle ages told many stories of courtly love

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  21. Japanese and Chinese:
    Both deal with nature in literature and both have morals.
    They are different because China tends to have more war stories, and because China has Zen.

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  22. China and Japan both focus on nature, but China is about war while Japan focuses on zen.

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  23. Japan and China
    similar- both study nature in their area and peace
    difference- Japan studies zen while china studies war

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  24. china jap= talk about peaces and use paradox in literature, and use calijagiphys, differens japnese use zen abd china buhads`

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  25. Japan and China
    Similarities- Both describe alot about nature and inner peace
    Differences- Japan uses zen and China has buddhism

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  26. Japan v. Middle Ages:
    Similarities - Both had mostly poetry, Both showed standards for the way life should be.
    Differences - Japan focused on harmony. Middle ages focused on courtly love.

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  27. Japan vs. Middle Ages
    Zen and poetry are both important to Japan and Middle Ages. Both teach moral lessons.

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  28. Africa and Japan
    Similarity- Tell stories, have paradox in the story.
    Difference- Japan has Haiku's, Japan is built on Zen.

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  29. Japan vs. Africa

    Similarities:
    Japan and Africa both focus on natures apects. Both use paradox in their liturature.

    Differences:
    Japan is more into poetry. Africa uses oral communications to pass their stories down

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