Second Posting due Thursday, March 13
Second comment due Tuesday, March 18
A Humorous Look at East v. West
Much of the humor in Iron and Silk comes from the very different world views of East (China) and West (the US). The Eastern view honors traditions, family, submits to fate; the Western view celebrates the individual and struggles to overcome fate. Find one of these humorous encounters between East and West. Write a CCQC; in your claim point out the culture clash that is going on, describe the context, use a quote, then in your commentary go on to define why the culture clash exists and how it provides for humor.
When you go to make a comment, find a post where you have more commentary or another quote to add to theirs. It may be that you found another instance when the same kind of culture clash occurred. Or it may be that you see the quote they used in a very different way. Or you might want to do some research on the culture clash that they describe and see if more people than Mark have noticed it and written about it.
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