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