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Abstract Both the Chinese and Western Dragons have been around for centuries. While the Western dragon was more of a character in stories, the Chinese dragon was integral to the religion. Each dragon portrayed the mindset, ideologies, and characteristics of their respective audiences. The Western dragon personified the enemy with classic ‘St George’ type myths. The Chinese dragons were ‘palace-dwelling’ and revered. These mindsets can be categorized into a ‘nature’ or individualism’ through process or ‘culture’ or ‘socialism’ through process. The cultures have developed their ideas through the time they have spent without contact with each other, but later there is a clash in culture when an open line of communication is formed between the two. This caused the Western dragons to take on more of the Chinese ideals, changing the dragon to be viewed less like an enemy and more like a companion. All aspects of the stories are affected with the clash of cultures, the dragons themselves,