Reflection - Exercise #8c:

Exercise #8c:

Reflection - For #8c

Create a reflection about the movie Outsourced using the sheets I give you. Show that you really understand the above cultural concepts by answering the following questions: (short answers OK)

1. As soon as Todd arrives, he experiences the discomfort of being disoriented in a

strange new place. What happens at the airport?

He couldn’t walk at the airport because of the crowd also outside the airport were taxi drivers are fighting and shouting which.  

2. When a friendly traveler helps him get on the train, what does he tell him to do?

Bothered him

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?

Indian people are familiar to the crowded atmosphere in the train, so a kid allowed him to sit on his seat.

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 tired an ice drink but it was made from dirty water and he got stomach pain.

5. First encounters with a culture can be shocking – Todd sees crowded streets with

cows, noise, and a man urinating in the street. But how does his host describe the

city? 

Bombay is terrible, but here it’s very clean

6. Even though the host Puro speaks English, Todd uses American slang a lot

without thinking. So as not to insult Puro, what does he say the meaning of

Schmuck is?

That means a sweet guy

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?

He made an excuse that he will feel lonely if todd stays in the hotel

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?

she asks about his father, if he is in a relationship, and his married statues.

9. During his first conversation with Aunti Ji he makes two big mistakes. What are

they?

he started ate with his left him look not clean in india and he placed the same hand he ate with back in the food

10. The Golden Rule says do unto others as you would have them do unto you. That

means his Indian hosts and friends are trying to make him comfortable the way

they would be comfortable. How does this apply when the servant is preparing

tea for Todd?

She Put the tea for him and even put sugar just the way they do.

11. How does Todd figure out why one does not eat food with the left hand?

He explained to him by sign language why Indians think left hand isn’t clean to eat with

12. What is ethnocentric about his statement "You need to learn about America"?

He thinks that America best than India.

13. Why do they disagree on how a "native" speaks English?

Because of the different American accent in the pronunciation of English words.

14. What doesn't Todd understand about the Indians' response to the "cattle brand"?

He did not know that cows are sensitive in India and is sacred and can not be slaughtered.

15. What is Todd's reaction to "You need to learn about India"? What stage of culture

shock might it represent?

Did not understand why she has lived so that he lacks culture of India.

16. He calls home several times. Why? What stage of culture shock might provoke

calls home?

Was longing to come home feel nostalgic him.

17. What mistakes in language usage are represented in the recording of the call about

"a rubber"?

Rubber eraser meaning in British English and I do not have the same meaning yield U.S.

18. Why is he so eager to go to McDonnells?

Were it not for the U.S. food and had eating problems.

19. Todd doesn't understand bargaining. How does the Indian respond to this?

 He thought that Todd is barging and started barging back immediately without even paying attention

20. What does I.N.D.I.A. stand for? 

21. What advise does his fellow American have for him? 

He said he has to wait and that he will do his best much

22. When Todd develops the incentive system, he has begun to adapt to India. How

has he adapted?

I felt that he must learn Indian culture and adapt to them and tried to debate about how to improve the work environment

23. When he looks at the cow in the office the second time, why is his reaction so

different?

I have accepted their presence known as sacred to them and they love

24. Explain the difference between American and Indian cultures when Todd and

Puro discuss how often he visits his family and why he doesn't live with them.

I discussed with him Puro that why not visit his family does not live with them

25. What cultural values are involved in the exchange between Aunti Ji and Todd

about ironing his underwear?

In India they iron everything but in America they don’t iron the underwear.

26. How well does Todd handle himself when he is invited over the wall to an Indian

home for a meal?

It has become living with Indian culture and became a learned and practiced

27. In what ways does he show he has adapted? 

When he went when the old man sat on the ground and eat like them

28. When the call center floods and they are shut down, Todd finds an "Indian"

solution. What is it?

He converted centers on the surface and brought a friend to help in electrical connections

29. When Todd comes home, there are several signs that his Indian experience has

influenced him. Name three ways he has become more "Indian".

I told him that he became more Indian mimics was talking like them