Studies show that Western cultures tend to have a collectivistic society while East Asian cultures are more likely to be individualistic. Differences between collectivistic and individualistic are how a person treats others and themselves. A collectivistic person has an interdependent view of themselves however to an individualist, they have an independent view of themselves. For this reason, a collectivistic person would see relationships as stable and permanent, unlike an individualist who sees relationships as voluntary. With having knowledge of the differences between collectivistic person and individualist person in a society, there is a connection towards a novel that shows an establishment of a collectivistic society that changes to
