Peers, the incorrect spelling for a sweet fruit, but more commonly known as people of your own age that you spend time with and who influence you. Peer group pressure is when the people around us influence us to act in a certain way. What often drives our actions in response to group pressure is … Continue reading Peer Group Pressure
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Monogamy/Polygamy
Monogamy/Polygamy – relationships in the Tribe In the Tribe, Ram practices polygamy – the state of being married to more than one wife. Java, Siva and Ebony are all married to him at the same time. Ram seems quite pleased with this arrangement. He thinks he has the best of all worlds with three beautiful … Continue reading Monogamy/Polygamy
Moving in with you peers
In the Tribe, the Mall Rats are forced into a situation where they live together and rely heavily upon each other. When they move in together, each Mall Rat is bonded, in a way, by an unwritten code. Each has certain responsibilities to fulfil. All are expected to help and give support to each other. … Continue reading Moving in with you peers
Losing the one you love
We must have all lost someone who is important to us. And if we haven’t already then it’s guaranteed that it will happen one day. It’s just one of those things that we all have to go through at stages in our lives. The biggest thing that the inhabitants of tribeworld have had to deal … Continue reading Losing the one you love
Dreams
We all have dreams at night even though sometimes it’s really hard to remember them. The tribeworld inhabitants are no different and probably have very vivid dreams of what has happened to them in their lives. The fact that they have gone through some pretty horrific ordeals mean that the Mall Rats and other Tribal … Continue reading Dreams
Trust
“Trust – 1. Firm reliance on the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing. 2. Custody; care. 3. Something committed into the care of another; charge. 4. a. The condition and resulting obligation of having confidence placed in one: violated a public trust. b. One in which confidence is placed. 5. Reliance on … Continue reading Trust
Storytelling
Once upon a time… In the good old days our ancestors used to sit for hours by the campfire and tell stories of how the constellations got their names, how the wars were fought and won and how the world was made. As time went by people started to write these stories down and books … Continue reading Storytelling
Cooking and Food
Fast food, takeaways, dinner out after a movie, curry before going out on a Saturday night; what would we do without all the fantastic (though often unhealthy) choices that we have for meals and snacks? Let’s face it, some of us just can’t cook to save our lives! A slice of burnt toast and a … Continue reading Cooking and Food
Faith
As someone once said – “We’ve got to have faith a faith a faith”. It’s all too easy to lose sight of where we’ve come from and where we’re going and that must be especially true in tribeworld. How can someone have faith in anything when they’re living in such harsh conditions? No faith here … Continue reading Faith
Hospitals
When the virus struck most of the hospitals were “no go” zones. Many of the adults spent their last days there and towards the end they couldn’t be moved to the morgues. The hospital’s were the last place any of the kids wanted to go. It wasn’t until a few months later that the braver … Continue reading Hospitals