The Apple and Orange Culture

On Thursday at school, we played a game with 2 different made up cultures. The Apple and the Orange culture. It taught us more things than just learning a whole different language in a made up culture.



Let's start with the Apple culture first. First of all, they focused on friendship more than anything else. They were always happy, even if they lost a game. They would be as happy as a winner would be if they lost.



The way you greet someone isn't very hard. The woman always pats the man first on the shoulder. If there are two men or two women, the taller person pats the shorter person first. You always try to smile and be as cheerful as you can.



The language of the Apple culture is quite complicated. They can only speak in one word sentences. They use colors to describe their feelings. Red is if you're angry,displeased, or sad. Yellow is if you're happy. Blue is just when you are chatting normally, and black is when you're confused. So for example, if I was happy, I would say something yellow like 'banana' or 'sunshine'. If I was angry, I would say something red like 'firetruck'.

If you're not sure what word to use, you can just say 'whoop', which is like apologizing for not having the right words.



The apple culture's game is quite easy. Again, like a greeting, the woman approaches the man first. If there are two women or two men, the taller pats the shorter person first. So both players roll the dice. Whichever person gets an even number wins. The one with the odd number loses. If both players get an even number (or odd) it's a tie, and they have to give each other a card. The orange one has more value.



Now I will be talking about the Orange culture. They are not as complex as the Apple culture. There are more focused on winning. When they lose, they get really angry. They don't like physical contact. I don't think the Orange culture has a way of greeting other people.



Their language is quite simple. They can only use one word sentences. They say the opposite of everything. So if they were to call someone pretty, they would say ugly instead. Or if they were sad, they would say happy. They also say 'whoop' when they aren't sure of what word to use.



The Orange culture's game is quite different from the apple's culture. There are two players. Men are the only ones who can ask people to play. Men can ask other men or woman to play, but the woman just has to wait there till she gets asked. So the game goes like this. There are two players with a deck of cards. One person would say "3-2-1 stop." Backwards for 1-2-3 go. Then they would put a card from their deck down. They would keep doing that, until one person gets 2 red cards in a row. The winner gets to keep all the cards layed out, being happy. The loser gets nothing, being very sad... as usual.

There are only a few similarities between the Apple and Orange culture. One of them, is that they both use the word 'whoop' when they aren't sure of what word to say. Another similarity is that they both use cards in their games. And one last simple similarity, is that in their language, they can only use one word sentences.

I have learned a few things from this fun culture game. I learned that it does take time to understand another culture, you need patience. Also, you need to have acceptance. All cultures are different and we need to accept that we're all not the same. In the olden days, people could not intermarry because they only stuck to their own culture and most likely had to marry someone from their country. But nowadays, you can see a lot of mixed families because we have free countries. Such as Canada, America, Australia, etc. And that is a good thing, because we can learn difference things from each other. This game was fun and it really taught us all different things.