Reflection
Create a reflection about the movie
Outsourced using the PowerPoint I give you. Show that you really understand the
above cultural concepts.
1. As soon as Todd arrives,
he experiences the discomfort of being disoriented in a
strange new place. What
happens at the airport? He missed the man who was
written in his card toad because he thought he means another person.
2. When a friendly traveler
helps him get on the train, what does he tell him to do? Jump to the train
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? The kid
respects todd and he gave him his place to set on. “to respect 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? Enjoyed it at the beginning
but he feels that his stomach heart him later.
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? Very clean and beautiful.
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? Good man
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? That’s he will be lonely 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? What does your father do ?
9. During his first
conversation with Aunti Ji he makes two big mistakes. What are
they? He ate with his left hand, and putting his hand back into the
food after eating
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? Extra of everything.
11. How does Todd figure out
why one does not eat food with the left hand? When he went to use the bath bathroom, he used his left hand to
clean himself
12. What is ethnocentric
about his statement "You need to learn about America"? He thinks America is better than India
13. Why do they disagree on
how a "native" speaks English?
Because they pronounce the words different from them
14. What doesn't Todd
understand about the Indians' response to the "cattle brand"? He talked about it in an insensitive way.
15. What is Todd's reaction
to "You need to learn about India"? What stage of culture
shock might it represent? He was shocked and didn’t
understand why Aysha said that. High-context culture
16. He calls home several
times. Why? What stage of culture shock might provoke
calls home? Because he is homesick.
17. What mistakes in
language usage are represented in the recording of the call about
"a rubber"? Rubber means eraser in
English – British accent, as it doesn’t mean the same in the American English.
It means condom.
18. Why is he so eager to go
to McDonnells? Because he was craving his
homeland’s food.
19. Todd doesn't understand
bargaining. How does the Indian respond to this? Bargaining is very common in India. Se he kept decreasing the
value himself
20. What does I.N.D.I.A.
stand for? I never do it again
21. What advise does his
fellow American have for him? Give in
22. When Todd develops the
incentive system, he has begun to adapt to India. How
has he adapted? Holy day / he celebrated the color festival with them
23. When he looks at the cow
in the office the second time, why is his reaction so
different? He got used to it and thought of it as a good luck charm
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. Indians are more attached
and close to their families than Americans. They consider the family an
important and number one priority in their lives and that explains why they
live with their families even if they get older and what their parents mean to
them. While in America people mostly move out in a very young age and get
caught up in their busy lives away from their parents and they’re family and
only gather when there’s an event such as weddings, Christmas and thanksgiving.
25. What cultural values are
involved in the exchange between Aunti Ji and Todd
about ironing his underwear?
It shows the difference of how the mother works
in America and India on chores
26. How well does Todd
handle himself when he is invited over the wall to an Indian
home for a meal? He showed some passion and enjoyed it
27. In what ways does he
show he has adapted? when he dance with the
employes and wear Indian clothes also when he had lunch with indian family and
get sad when know that he have to go to China
28. When the call center
floods and they are shut down, Todd finds an "Indian"
solution. What is it? He asked the poor Indian man that invited him over for a lunch
from over the wall for his help with replacing the wires as he saw in his place
how they all surviving on a public source of electricity by extending wires
from it. And that’s an indian way as the economy is very bad and people try to
survive in many ways in that was one of them
29. When Todd comes home,
there are several signs that his Indian experience has
influenced him. Name three
ways he has become more "Indian". He
ate with his right hand. His phone had an Indian ringtone. The way he made his
tea
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