Sunday, February 27, 2011

Book Reading #28 - Coming of Age in Samoa

Chapter 9: The Attitude of the Personality


Summary
This chapter talks about the Samoan's personality. Mead describes the musu attitude. There aren't many differences in the personality of Samoan generations. Samoans are expected to act the same as if they had a recipe. It is clear the hierarchy of the Samoans is very different than our culture.
Discussion
It seems like every chapter is kind of repetitive in some sense. Even though there are some similarities between the "old-school" Mexican families and the Samoans,  I am thankful I do not belong to the Samoans. It seems like a monotonous culture and there is no room for freedom of choices or ways of life.



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