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  Humility ( By : Yuval Noah Harari) 1. Essay in Points : What is Humility : Humility is Humbleness, Modestness. It is the opposite of Arrogance. a. Introduction :  This essay is a comment on the superiority complex  of humans and their nature of having self importance in all the matters. This is egotism. We all think ourselves superior to other people. This the writer has said this in the reference of the confusing claims regarding the history of human civilization.  b. Illusions of Supremacy and Mastery : People of almost every country, religious group, or society think themselves to be forerunners of human civilization. They think the world became civilized only because of them. This is superiority complex. This is only egotism. All such claims are false. Here the essayist has proved such claims to be wrong.  c. Universality of Human Abilities : Rather than being the monopoly of this or that country or society, all human abilities and traits are universal. Mo...

  Sharing Tradition : By Frank LePana [The Writer] Introduction of the essay : The essay ' Sharing Tradition ' is about passing on culture and the different values from generation to generation through oral tradition.  The writer is talking about the importance of passing on cultural values through oral tradition. He has also talked about some (four) major major problems regarding to maintain oral tradition. What is oral tradition ?: Oral is a form of human communication wherein knowledge, art, ideas and cultural material are received, preserved, and transmitted orally from one generation to another.  The transmission may be through speech or song, or folktales by talking to  each other.  [Grand mother telling children stories of their culture : A form of oral tradition] ----------------------------------------- Summary : Oral tradition  helps maintain the value of a culture. It hands on all cultural values from one generation to another generation. If it w...