It can be inferred that the author is also “westerner”. This is shown through the list of features that the westerners would dislike. The author perceives what westerners dislike because he, himself is a westerner. He views this difference in the shoes of a westerner and describes what the westerners dislike, but the easterners think that it is something that they should do. Also, the author claims that his subject, which is proxemics, can shed a lot of light on these misunderstandings. The author placed this in the text so that the readers can be curious about what solutions the author will provide at the end.
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This is because one’s culture can affect how one think. Understanding one’s culture is the most essential, yet sophisticated thing to do in order to understand one’s ideology. The cultures that we are talking about are very different. In some ways, there are contradictory to each other. However, understanding the different culture is very important. It will be hard to understand the other one, but you just have to do so. Also, understanding culture means accepting the difference between one and the other. This somehow relates to the identity of that person. Because you have to be acknowledged of the identity to make friends, you have to know about the