Outsourced” - the movie study
guide- Exercise #5
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Cultural Dimension
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Character
Todd, Puro, Aisha or other
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Outsourced Scene
or Circumstance
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Communication-
direct/indirect
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Todd and Manager
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Todd’s manager was direct when he told him he’s going to
India.
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Status- achieved /
ascribed
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Indian neighborhood
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People in india are more likely to be ascribed from the way
the live. Exp when we saw them putting clothes outside the windows.
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Accountability –
Individual / group
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Todd and employers
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Todd was asking the employers about the work, taking advices
and help them on their needs. so that was a group work.
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Expression – Reveal /
conceal
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Aisha
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She was revealing to Todd and the employers when she fixed the
timing problem
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Context – Informal /
formal
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Puro and Todd
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Todd always trying to be formal when he speaks to Puro.
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Relationship-Universal/situation
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Pure and Todd
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The relationship was universal because the spent time after
work.
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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?
A kid got up and made Todd to seat in his place while
he managed him self to seat in Todd’s. The kid respected Todd because of the
age differences which made him such a respectful thing.
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?
Puro convinced Todd that in the hotel he won’t meet
people and Aunti Ji will take good care of him.
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?
Aunti
Ji Asked him about his relationship is he related to a girl or would he like to
meet a girl, Also about his salary which he felt uncomfortable.
