Troost Paper
The book, The Sex Lives of Cannibals, covers a couple that moves to an island in the pacific. The wife of Maarten Troost lands a job getting a chance to influence of the poverty in Kiribati. As they arrive they discover that it was not quite the paradise they had imagined before. The couple experiences culture shock as they experience anxiety from the much different culture and norms of the new society. The Sex Lives of Cannibals is a book about Maarten Troost and his time of two years leaving in the atoll of Tarawa. This novel introduces you to new couture across the world. He arrived at his destination off of a scary plane flight to his new home. It was located on the Republic of Kiribati. It is an island in the South Pacific …show more content…
Music hat he played included a punk styled rap by the Beastie Boys and a rocky band Nirvana. It is funny because the People actually end up Liking the nirvana song he played by the name of Lithium. However, Troost was more successful with finding something the islander’s hated when what he did next. He played a song another song to get his mind off of the Macarena. These Macarena stories bring comedy in o to the book as you can picture him getting angry and trying to sway their taste. He finally found some music to get the islanders off their Macarena music-playing spree. The song he played the most that the enjoyed was King of Blue, which was by the artist Miles Davis. Finally he wouldn’t have to hear the Macarena played for a while because he found a new song for everyone to listen …show more content…
As they arrive they discover that it was not quite the paradise they had imagined before. The couple experiences culture shock as they experience anxiety from the much different culture and norms of the new. The wife of Maarten Troost has job getting a chance to influence of the poverty in Kiribati society. This is a much more positive side other than experiencing the culture shock, since she was able to help out the less fortunate. The Americans have other influences on that culture such as the music they play which also shines some light on the book and adds other comedy
The book, The Sex Lives of Cannibals, covers a couple that moves to an island in the pacific. The wife of Maarten Troost lands a job getting a chance to influence of the poverty in Kiribati. As they arrive they discover that it was not quite the paradise they had imagined before. The couple experiences culture shock as they experience anxiety from the much different culture and norms of the new society. The Sex Lives of Cannibals is a book about Maarten Troost and his time of two years leaving in the atoll of Tarawa. This novel introduces you to new couture across the world. He arrived at his destination off of a scary plane flight to his new home. It was located on the Republic of Kiribati. It is an island in the South Pacific …show more content…
Music hat he played included a punk styled rap by the Beastie Boys and a rocky band Nirvana. It is funny because the People actually end up Liking the nirvana song he played by the name of Lithium. However, Troost was more successful with finding something the islander’s hated when what he did next. He played a song another song to get his mind off of the Macarena. These Macarena stories bring comedy in o to the book as you can picture him getting angry and trying to sway their taste. He finally found some music to get the islanders off their Macarena music-playing spree. The song he played the most that the enjoyed was King of Blue, which was by the artist Miles Davis. Finally he wouldn’t have to hear the Macarena played for a while because he found a new song for everyone to listen …show more content…
As they arrive they discover that it was not quite the paradise they had imagined before. The couple experiences culture shock as they experience anxiety from the much different culture and norms of the new. The wife of Maarten Troost has job getting a chance to influence of the poverty in Kiribati society. This is a much more positive side other than experiencing the culture shock, since she was able to help out the less fortunate. The Americans have other influences on that culture such as the music they play which also shines some light on the book and adds other comedy