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This blog will be used in the spring of 2008 by 80+ students at Drexel University to investigate the effects of Iraq on culture and the reverse. Our goal will be to better understand why the US is in Iraq, and to question whether literature can help us on this journey.

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I intend this blog to manage our discussions and track our collective investigation.

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Sunday, May 11, 2008

MYTH

Indian Myth:
In the Indian culture, there are several myths. The most famous myth was the black cat bad luck. For example, a black cat crossing an individual’s path is considered bad luck. If I am walking on the road, and a black cat crosses my path, I would take the opposite route. If I took the same path, then I am on the risk of being hurt or even died. For example, my mother would never let my brother and I cross the same path that the black cat crossed. In addition, many Indian people in a car would not even take the route if a black cat crossed that road. I remember the day when my parents came to drop me off to Drexel when a black cat crossed the road. My dad waited for another car to pass the road before we took the same route back to Drexel.

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