Pico Iyer

For both Iyer and Pham, the feeling of belonging somewhere is discovered at the end. In the story Catfish and Mandala, Pham is seen traveling around the world to find his real identity and at the end he breaks out of Iyer’s definition of global soul and finds his…

traditions and ethnicity are proven and disproven to be large contributors in someone’s point of view, Overall it can be assumed that through “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan, and her take on being resilient to social norms, Through “Where Worlds Collide” by Pico Iyer, and his take on fast pace capitalism being clearly different, and even through “By Any Other Name” by Santha Rama Rau, and her description of others with very definite and different views on the world, that culture can, and most likely…

environment.]] In “Where World’s Collide”, by Pico Iyer, culture is represented as something unique to everyone, similar to a scar that causes discomfort when outsiders view it. Additionally, culture seems to be the only force in work on peoples’ perceptions as they arrive, for the first time, in America via an airport. Iyer says the newcomers “. . . come out . . . in Dodgers caps and . . . the images they’ve brought over from Cops and Terminator 2 . . . ” (Iyer 1), and they see and hear “. .…

Pico Iyer, Shakespeare, Barack Obama, FDR. All have something in common. They have provided the perfect evidence to make the assertion that an identity can be forcefully changed by a traumatic event. All of the authors that have been aforementioned have all addressed this, though in various forms, in their written works. For Pico, it was his TED-talk, Shakespeare, the tragedy of Macbeth, for Obama and FDR, their speeches. However there are two sides to this. There is a chance that identity could…

People are different in many ways.People with different skin color,styles,and different types of cultures.One's culture greatly inform the way he or she views other and the world. culture has a tremedousy effect on how one individual view class room settings.In the essay “Indian fathers plea”by robert lake,tells the teacher that his son Wind-Wolf a five year old boy knows how to say his name but doesnt know how to write it because he is not used to western society.One learns…

existed because technology and transportation had not advanced to stimulate people to have cultural exchanges. In the reading, “Where is home”, Pico Iyre talks about his grandparents didn’t have much opportunities to explore or learn about other cultures. Things were set at their births like the community that they were in and culture that they were practicing. (Iyer, 2003, par.7) With rapid development of technology, globalization was formed, and it drives to increase personal choices. I…

Although Iyer spent the last 48 years of his life in the United States, he is 100% Indian. In addition, he explains that if 'home ' defined by the place we spend the most time, for him it would be Japan where he has spent the past 25 years traveling. Home has never been just a piece of land, explains Iyer. Iyer refers to many people he has met through traveling "home-less." "Home-Less” in the sense is that have a place they associate with different people in their lives. "Their whole life is…

Culture is the attitudes, customs, and beliefs of a group of people that make them diverse. A person’s approaches and opinions will influence their perception. Culture is defined as outlooks, views and customs that make people unique, which means that culture influences perception. Culture always influences a person’s perception of the world because traditions and ideas are shaped by culture. Cultural traditions influence a person’s perception of the world. In “My Mothers Pieced Quilts” by…

language like other kids but he understands Indian stuff that the other kids don’t. You can also see how other immigrants’ culture affects their perception. In Pico Iyers,“Where Worlds Collide” the immigrants culture consistently affects their perception. This is evident when they state, “ There are no military planes on the tarmac.”(Iyer 64) Their culture affects their perception because in their culture they saw America as a super militarized country because where they…

According to the 2015 census report L.A. has a population of 3,971,896, with 68% being minorities. A city with such large interest has to have one of the largest international airports. We are all interconnected, and LAX is a huge part of that. Pico Iyer spent a week at Los Angeles International Airport, and wrote about his experiences in “Where Worlds Collide”. With so many people traveling here looking for a better life, they sometimes…