FTKMF: Post 5. A.

Throughout this novel, the readers are learning more and more about the Cambodian culture, traditions, and society. While having a full blown sense of American culture, I have come to the determination that a fourth cultural difference between the American and Cambodian societies is their mindset. In particular during this section, it happens to be on the topic of rain. In America, we view rain as a burden. It causes car crashes, traffic delays, and in an extreme case, flooding. But also in the American culture, we take fresh, pure water for advantage; while in other countries, many would kill to have a simple well. “He remembers how he used to read that in some countries, the rain is cold and makes you sick, forcing people to stay indoors. Not so in Cambodia. Here the rain is warm, and in Phnom Penh, it meant it was time to go outside and play. The rain was, and still remains, our friend, even under the Khmer Rouge.” (116) In this quote it also sowed how although the new government can control their lives in many ways, there are a couple of things that they have no control over.