Spain stereotypes english

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Spanish stereotypes

Ever since my childhood, my father always told me that when i want to afirm, say, or even think something, i have to be sur of it. If i want to afirm that this apple is disgusting, i need to tast it, if i want to know the personality of someone in order to prove that he's kind, i need to get to know him. And it's with this though and reflexion that i decided to visit from the first time of my life Spain, or also known as the " festive " country. The wall between the cliché that you hear everyday and the reality that you face when you actually go to the country is huge. In fact, i visited every flagship city, hoping to spend the night dancing and the day watching some Corridas.

That's why i went to Last Ventas, one day, and i immediatly understood that the stereotypes were far from away the reality : this activity wasn't as popular as i though. I talked with some spanish guy that i meet there, and if 40% of them were against corridas, alot of them were passif or just silent. But most importantly, they weren't the biggest fan of it. I saw no young or teenager people attending the event , and this form of protesting made me realize how much the new generation is activist and more aware than the old, trying their best to stop what become the «sport of spain ».Beside that, by meeting alot of people, and spending alot of times in bars, i felt guilty about my first though about them. If there's alot of spanish who actually do the «  fiesta » at night, half of them feel imprisoned in the image of the Spanish person who only laugh and dance. Their kindness is what gives to the country the title of the brighest and sunniest country of europe. But this shouldn't make us forget that they are also alot of them, who seems laughing and unaware, and who actually leads a battle in order to préserv the politics and economy of the country. The crisis of 2014 left everyone leery and protective about their security and jobs. The deep of their though made me unspeech, and even the younger who seems enjoying life, studying, and dancing the " flamenco " are conscious about their futur, their studies, and the risk of the unemployment.

In consequence, reducing spain to the « country of sun, night, and corridas » is a way to  disrespect their knowledge, battle and people.

Spain is obviously a sunny country, but is it the only reason that we should talk about it?  Their culture is huge, and paying attention to the stereotypes only is a shame. It may not be a big deal, but the words has to be choose carefully when we define someone, a place or a country, in order to preserv the image and the honour.