Every society and culture has different ways of interpreting and defining events based on the way their culture or society works. “The culture of a society consists of everything one must know or believe in order to operate in a manner acceptable to its members” (Geertz 242). The rituals, customs, ethics and morals attributed to cultures have caused these differences. To understand how people in a culture interpret a situation or event, it is necessary to evaluate the attributes of that culture. The criteria on which an event is based change as a culture applies its ideas to the given situation. Heroism and violation are two concepts that are easily misinterpreted depending on the ideals of the culture. Since cultures have different attributes, it is impossible for two cultures to exist and share the vision of a situation or event. Heroism and violation are two concepts addressed by Geertz in his telling of Ryle's story of the sheep raid. Two different interpretations emerge from the different cultures involved. For the protagonist, Cohen, and for the perpetrators of the crime, his raid against the Berbers was seen as heroism. Cohen risking his life for redemption of the crime committed against him is considered heroic. In contrast, when Cohen returned to his French counterparts, they saw his redemption as a violation of the Berbers, and accused him of being a spy:Here, in our text, such sorting would require...