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 asked Todd to go to his office without any question.)
Planning – People / time	Todd and his manger	Time,( The manger gave Todd a short time to accomplish his mission)
Decision-making: rules / relations	Todd and the poor people behind the wall	Decision-making, (Instead of throwing the food, Todd decided to give the food to the poor people behind the wall.)
Context – Informal / formal	Todd and his colleagues at work	Informal, ( when Todd asked his colleagues at work to bring whatever what they want in the working spot to feel comfortable.)

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?

Todd surprised that there was no seats inside the train, suddenly a little boy stand up and gave Todd his seat,than the little boy sat on Todd's right leg . It might be a cultural solution, it's their duty to show their respect to the people who are bigger than them. like old people for example.

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 felt sick after eating that iced drink, and his stomach started to blowup.

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?

He says that the hotel is very lonely, While Aunti Ji has a very good garden and she cook really well .

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 a lot of question, specially she focused on the personal things.