“Outsourced” - the movie study guide- Exercise #5

Culture Dimension	Character Todd, Puro, Asha or other	Outscored Scene or Circumstance
Communication- direct/indirect	Todd and Charlie (Todd manager)	Direct communication. Todd and Charlie were talked face to face.
Decision-making: rules / relations	Todd and Charlie	Rules. Todd was forced to travel to India by Charlie.
Expression – Reveal / conceal	Todd and Charlie	Reveal.  When Charlie tell Todd about the traveling to India he denied that.
Context – Informal / formal	Todd and Charlie	Informal. When Charlie tried to convince Todd to travel to in India. Also Todd called his boss by his name.

3. When he gets on the train, he cannot find an empty seat. How is this problem solved for him? How might this be a cultural solution?

There was a little boy set in the train seats when he see Todd he stand up and let Todd to set instead of him. I think is yes it might be a culture solution. In India the boys let the older people to set instead of them and this considered as respect to that old person.

4. As any exchange student, he has a lot of experiences trying new food. His first encounter is with an iced drink. What happens?

He drink iced drink after that he feel with sick in his stomach.

7. Todd wants to check in to a hotel. But Puro insists he comes to a boarding house. What is the reason he gives Todd?

Because of the place of that hotel is so lonely.

8. As soon as they meet, Aunti Ji starts asking very intimate questions that Americans who have just met would never ask. What kind of things does she ask?

She asked him a lot of personal questions.