Exercise#5

Cultural Dimension	Character Todd, Puro, Aisha or other	Outsourced Scene or Circumstance
Communication- direct/indirect	Todd and his manger	Direct communication (when Todd manger told him I need you to work in India)
Expression-Reveal / conceal	Todd and his manger	Reveal Expression (Todd feeling about working in India)
Decision-making: rules / relations	Todd and his manger	Rules (in the Holi day everyone must not wear nice clothing)
Context – Informal / formal	Todd and his manger	Informal (Todd calling his manger by his name)

3. When he gets on the train, he cannot find an empty seat. How is this problem solved for him? How might this be a cultural solution?

 

He got a train by jamming and with help of someone from the train by holding him. There was no place in train then a boy stands and let Todd sat in his place and then he sat on Todd lap. It might be a cultural solution because the younger people must respect the older people.

 

 

4. As any exchange student, he has a lot of experiences trying new food. His first encounter is with an iced drink. What happens?

 

He felt sick after drinking it.

 

 

7. Todd wants to check in to a hotel. But Puro insists he comes to a boarding house.
What is the reason he gives Todd?

 

 Because he thought that seating in the hotel will make him feel very lonely, and he thinks that no one will take care of him like his aunti.

 

 

8. As soon as they meet, Aunti Ji starts asking very intimate questions that
Americans who have just met would never ask. What kind of things does she ask?

Her questions were mostly personal.