Similarities and differences

There are some similarities and differences between the Case Study – Chapter 12 and The Continuous Process of Culture Adjustment. First, I will talk about the similarities. In Case Study, Dita had some culture shock and in Continuous Process of Culture Adjustment, Masika Z. Smith also had some culture shock, like Dita did not like the food in America and Masika felt confused. Both of them had a lot of problems in other country. In their classes, they felt tired and made some mistakes. Dita studied in college and she finished her classes. And Masika also studied in college and she finished her class. Both of them are women so it was too hard to make them success. They wanted to solve the problems of culture shock and they tried their best to finish their classes. So they are the similarities between two essays.

Second, I want to talk about the differences. Dita did not like American food and no matter what she tried, none of it was delicious. She hated the weather was getting cold every day and she had no close friends. Her roommate came from Chicago and Dita like her because she could help Dita’s study. But Dita kept getting low grades on her classes. She felt tired and she missed her family and friends. Her English was not improving anyway and she felt sad. She was not confident and pessimistic, and she did not solve the problems. I think coming to North America was a bad decision to her. But Masika had a lot of different things from Dita. For example, she is a black woman and she married in 2003. Dita did not marry. Masika’s basic mistake was to presume that she had completely assimilated into American culture. Although Masika had a culture shock, she enjoyed her classes. She thought her life is never so simple. She studied hard on American culture and she adjusted her culture shock. She was very confident and optimistic, and then she shared her culture adjustment struggles. She wanted to let people know about her appearances. She wanted to continue her quest for understanding and acculturation. Although she had a lot of problems, she could believe herself and solve the troubles. She did many plans and organization about the troubles and some responses. I think Masika was more optimistic than Dita. Masika could change her attitude and achieve her plan, but Dita just thought about how she tired. Dita did not believe herself and had a wrong attitude, so it made her lose. I think the above paragraph is the different points of two essays.