One thing that i found interesting in this chapter is personal space. What i found intersting was how people in America have a lot more different style of personal space then in other countries. Americans like to have a lot of personal space and no one wants anyone to bother that space where as in different cultures or countries they are much closer. People in other countries will hold hands a lot in public much more than American people and even men will kiss each other while greeting one another and that is just unheard of in America.
Another thing that i found very interesting in this chapter was gender roles. What i learned in this book about this topic is a lot of men will do the outdoor work like mowing the lawn and painting the house where as the women will do the laundry and make the dinners. The reason why I found this interesting is because I see women doing mens work all the time and men doing so called womens work. For example my mom will go outside and rack leaves or mow the lawn where as i will see my dad folding laundry and cleaning the kitchen.
The last thing that i found interesting was how twins will act in their lives because of their parents. I found that if your parents were very organized and keep things clean your kids will do the same. But I for one disagree with that because I am a twin and my parents like to be organized and I also like things to be very clean and organized but my brother on the other hand is a very messy person and keeps things out of order. For example his room is very dirty wth clothes all over and stuff laying on the ground where as for me i keep my room very clean and I make sure everything is picked up.
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This chapter must have been extremely easy for you connor. YOU ARE A TWIN.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was pretty interesting to how people in different cultures are more comfortable about themselves and what they are doing then people in our culture. I think this is because people tend to judge others a lot more than they should and therefore different types of behavior are almost "shunned" upon in the U.S. And about parents and their children inheriting the same traits I think it's weird because my parents are pretty unorganized where I like to have everything in it's own place and have it really clean..
ReplyDeleteI also found it interesting that people in different cultures are more comfortable in the things that they do than in our culture. Like in Italy they greet eachother with a hug and kiss, in our culture you would not do that at all, it would be really weird.
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