Assignment 2 Option 2

I still remember that when I was about 11, I went to watch Pearl Harbor. When the film came to the intimate part when Rachel and Daniel were kissing, Mom covered my eyes with her right hand and said ”Don’t look.” At the same time, I was about to cover my eyes and felt shy to watch the scene.

You might feel pretty funny about this, but you may also come to realize that the conservative culture of our country, quite much different to that of Western countries and that is what we called part of the “Culture Shock”. Consider of the situation below:

You are in a supermarket in Delaware and is going to pay for your stuff, when it comes to your turn, the cashier will certainly say ”Hello! How’s everything going?” smiling and happily, and if you look unhappy she might ask about what has been wrong, you may talk to her as if you have been friends for a long period of time, whereas you are in a supermarket in China, you might received a “Welcome.” but you should never expect for a further conversation except for a “Bye bye” after you pay your bill.

I’m not criticizing but show the big dissimilitude. While Western culture active personality, we Chinese tend to be more quite and introversive. It can’t be deny that it is the 5000 years of history that leads to the different point of views of feeling expression. We don’t show our true feelings very often, we don’t talk to strangers a lot, and being so talkative and active is such not a good idea as you may be treated as superficial.

Nevertheless, even though we are supposed not to be demonstrative, we are honest and loyal to our families and friends, but just the different ways of doing things that might bring confusions at the beginning.