FTKMF: Post 7. A.

As you may already know our American perspective is very much different than that of Cambodians. Americans view themselves at the very top or climax of the food chain; we can never be eaten and harmed. While in Cambodia, the people fear the wildlife and never take a moment to think they are above the earth’s creatures. This is especially shown in the way the fleeing refugees aboard the ship to Vietnam react to a shark while they are aboard their ship. “Sharks!” they exclaim. “If they crash into our boat and put a hole in it, we are all dead!”(224) In America, the passengers would be taking photos and video of the animal as if it were the eighth world wonder. The American and Cambodian cultures are very unlike in the way and position of themselves on the food chain with the earth’s wild life.