Exercise #5

Cultural Dimension	Character Todd, Puro, Aisha or other	Outsourced Scene  or Circumstance
Communication- direct/indirect	Todd and his manger	Direct communication ( when the manger was talking with Todd to  convince him to go to India)
Planning – People / time	Todd and his manger	Time( The manager gives Todd specific time to finish his work)
Decision-making: rules / relations	Todd and his manger	Rules ( The manager force Todd to go to india)
Context – Informal / formal	Todd and his manger	Informal ( Todd calls his manger by his name)

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?

There is a boy was sitting in the train and he let Todd sit and the boy sit on Todd leg. It might be a cultural solution because in the Indian culture they let the old people sit. 

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 buy the iced drink and he feels ill after eating it.

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?

 Because the place of the hotel is very lonely.

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 asked him many question and it was personal questions.

EXERCISE #4

EXERCISE #4

Cultures play an important role in the way people live their life. Each person's lifestyle is significantly impacted by customs and traditions of the cultural they live in. Codes of manners, language, dress codes, religion, standards of behavior like morality and law as well as arts are all called ways of life for an entire society, which in another word means a cultural. Making life choices can be affected by the cultural of the community for example; the Amish have been using horse-drawn power as a way of transport. They also believe in the simple family-center way of life that holds a particular fascination and still live like their ancestors despite the time that has been passed and the changes. Among their priorities; family and farms considered to be the top ones. Faith is what the Amish are loyal for the most; they think that the changes in the world can have influences that might be destructive to their lifestyle and keep them away from God. Some of the old Amish groups called ‘old order’ believe in no electricity and media forms like telephones and radios in their homes by keeping family and farms in a rural environment. Amish cultural also have an impact on clothing and dresses, for example, wearing modest clothes that have long sleeves and a full skirt.

Examples from your experience / studies

My Arabic culture influences me when making decisions of what dress and clothes I supposedly wear in public places like our traditional dresses kandura and ghutra and whether is it appropriate to wear different clothes that are not part of my cultural in formal environments.

For some Arabic families; marriage choices can be impacted by the culture and customs of the family for both genders; Believing that a male would marry a woman within their lifestyle and living standers.
Family and horror of forefathers have been among the priorities in our cultural because of their endurance and sacrifices to keep their country and family in peace and prosperity 

Reference:
http://www.countryfarm-lifestyles.com/amish.html#.VTLJ6xOUe5I