life in America

By saying “Baba liked the idea of America”, Amir means that America is the country that gives Baba much more freedom. Firstly, the father and the son went to the far away country to escape the suffering caused by war so it is much safer for them. Secondly, for Baba, he thought that living in America gave him an ulcer and he considered the America the brush savior one of the only three types of real men in the world. He owned a high reputation and wealth where he lived in the past, so he was limited by keeping himself as a good model. Besides, America at that time was a relative peaceful compared to Afghanistan. When they stepped on the completely unfamiliar county, he must be curious and hopeful about the future. On the contrary, the reality is always brutal and everything must be started from scratch and she was also supposed to adjust the new life and confront the culture shock. For instance, he took on the tough and dirty work in the gas station and lived in a narrow apartment with nasty smell and his neighbors were all blue collar ones. Just compare with his former life, you can imagine how cruel the fact was! Moreover, a scene impresses me most is that when Baba went to a store for shopping, he wanted to gave the shopkeeper the check but the woman also asked him to show his ID, so Baba thought she must regard him as a thief so he got quite angry and did some damage to the shop, which made the shopkeeper wanted to call the police. Luckily, Amir came and led Baba out. Then he apologized to her and promised to pay for the damage. The shopkeeper do not understand the feeling of Baba and she cannot believe that in the past Amir can even use a branch like a check so Amir did not explain because he knew the reality is cruel. Everyone is just working for support themselves to lead a life.

As an international student, I also suffer from the culture shock, although I had already knew something about the big advanced country via books, television, the Internet and friends before I came here. For example, the way that students arrange their time is much more free than in my own country. Although when students are getting into the college, they are still supposed to follow the schedule planned by the school. There is a strict time for them to get up and sleep. However, in America, it depends on yourselves. It is good to have a flexible timetable because individuals all have their own plans and specific situations. Coins have two sides. On the other hand, it must be difficult to compromise with your roommate. In particular, you meet selfish ones like me. My former American roommates are the crazy ones and they keep talking, laughing, the TV loud on and keeping the guest over midnight and sleep in the daytime but I have early morning class so I asked the RA to coordinate. Unluckily, things got even worse. They began to treat me as an enemy and tried their best to bother and harm me. At last, I cannot tolerate anymore so I try all my best to change my dorm and then I succeed. Now, I am happy and get along well with my new roommate. Anyway, I am still trying my best to adjust life here and I believe everything will be better.