Friends And
Strangers
Margaret R.
Nydell
This essay studies the inter cultural
differences is relation with the concept of friends and stranger4s in American
culture and in Arabian culture. In Arabian culture there is distend gap between
friends and strangers. There are certain rights and duties in a friendship
cuhereas a stranger is neither alone for lesing rights nor he is offered any
duties. In Arabian culture refusing a friend as taken out breaking the
friendship even if the work is impossible to perform, a friend never refuse it
directly this response is “ I will try my best”. This response from a friend
keeps the friendship alive forever
An
Arabian culture personal benefits is taken from the friendship we often here “
Do it for my sake” but in American culture no benefit is expected from the
friendship even if a persona is helped by the other he is not morally oblized
to help him.
The
personal chose in so much valued that even the children aren’t oblized ot take
care of their parents an American culture, personal details are much more
important than a person himself. they realdily disclose their social and
economic backgrounds. An contrast to Arabian culture, the Americans are
uncuilling to disclose their personal details and individual is much more
important then his background.
An
Arabian culture insuling the friends is frequent without information they used
their friends and story there as a long as they please. They do not feel that
they are interfering their personal life.
Being alone is taken as either being dissatinfie or being sad but in
American culture privacy is highly value. A person likes to have a moment of
privacy so that they could feel onself with theirself. Besides the Americans
enjoy being with the friends but they never let them cross the boundary of
personal life.
These
are some of the differences between the Arabians and the Americans concept of
friendship. The Arabians have distinctly the line between friends and strangers
but the Americans have blurred the line.
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The
concept of friendship
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Reciprocal
favours
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Introductions
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Writing
patterns
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For
Arabs a friend is someone whose company one enjoys and whose duty is to give
help and do his/her ability where as for westerners a friend is someone whose
company one enjoys but whom one doesn’t except to have the same sense of duty.
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For
Arabs and oral promise has its own value as response where as for westerners
actions are valued more then words.
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For
Arabs loyality is expected from friends but westerns don’t except the same
sense of loyality.
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In
the culture of Arabs when introducing oneself it is common to give a lot of
information about oneself from a one’s family and one social connections. Where
as in westerns culture are disclosed less personal information less personal
information.
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In
the culture of Arabs one wret ones friends often and has little concern about
privacy where as in western culture one just ones friend less after and has a
strong sense of privacy.
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Arab
people, except a friend to reciprocate invitation but the western people don’t
have as strong of a need for reciprocal invitation.