Reflective Essay: The Ethnography Of My Life

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Ethnography, the scientific description of the customs of individual peoples and cultures. When I first visited Jamaica I first arrived on the picturesque "version" of the island that most people imagine and see in movies. The clear ocean waters that I see all around me while I was drenched in the cascading aroma of the trees and the fruit they had bared… Nevertheless, I still knew all too well of the true nature and political system found within Jamaica. When I first swaggered onto the resort I was stricken with awe. Standing by the opening door, I could see three bars, two free food shacks, and one dynamic ocean. I immediately dashed to my room, threw my suitcase on the bed and ran back out so that I could maximize my fun time. Indeed, while I was essentially a child in the world 's largest candy shop I couldn 't help but question as to why there was a sullen face on some of the employees ' faces. Upon my descent into my family 's roots I experienced a …show more content…
But, the house had one room completely furnished and built while the rest of the house which I could completely see through hadn’t had any walls. After asking my companion If that was common place he actually said “yes, most houses are built room by room”.
As I continued my dissension or ascension into the vast and diverse land I stumbled into what most people would assume to see in a poverty stricken nation who’s total GDP is less than half of Harvard’s. Except while many of the people seemed to be impoverished It seemed as if they were the happiest people I’d seen before. Which was when I laid eyes on a very peculiar lady. She looked to be in her mid to late 70s but she was carrying what seemed to be an machine gun and no one around her batted an eye as she walked into a store and got in a line to order

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