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Salzman's "Iron And Silk": Losing Face - Papers Online

Salzman's "Iron And Silk": Losing Face

Everyone has experienced losing face. I can remember as a kid,
being caught in a lie and trying desperately to weasel my way out without
looking stupid. There were times as an adult, I would deny having problems
at my job, too worried of loosing creditability. In Mark Salzman's book “
Iron and Silk”, he shows the Chinese culture and how important it is to
keep face in front of a foreigner.
Early in the book, Mark is introduced to Pan a marital arts expert.
During he first encounter the reader can see that Pan is a strong and
domineering instructor. The students follow every word he says. Mark can
see their skill level is far beyond his. After doing a short routine, Mark
is pulled aside ...

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not be kissed. The students explained that
showing affection was just not done, it wasn't normal. At the end of class
one student stayed, he confessed that he still kissed his children. Every
night after they have gone to sleep he sneaks into their room to kiss them.
The student could not admit to the entire class that he was different. Not
only did Mark meet plenty of people who were concerned with loosing face,
but the Chinese government was the same way.
I think the best example of trying to keep face was when Mark
killed a rat. Mark was in the middle of teaching when a rat fell on his
desk, he quickly swatted it. The students told him he would receive a
reward if he brought it to the Rat Collection Office. The office denied
Mark the five cent reward sole on the fact he was a foreigner. The school
denied there was a rat problem, so giving Mark the money would simply be
admitting to the rat problem. The school would loose face and so would the
guards at the collection office. ...

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Added: 4/14/2007 12:46:31 AM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 480
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