exercise #8c

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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