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About Me
- Daniel Freeman
- trying to figure out most of what there is to know about most things.
The significance of American tourist mean a lot to different people, if you are the tourist that mean you have money to see the world or maybe you should not take that vacation because you spending money that you don't have, If you the traveling agent that mean job security. But American tourist is mean how the US economy doing, it is important that people have job. when people have job they have money to spend when every one spending it will create jobs.
ReplyDeleteAmerican tourist is quite different with the Indian. He represents a wealthy person from New York in this story. Because he lives in a big city, material success is making him is a person who think money can solve all the problems. As he so rich, he gives a hundred rupees to Muni to buy the horse statue. Maybe the horse statue for other people is important, but for the rich American tourist is only a beautiful decorative object and the money he paid is only a drop in the bucket.
ReplyDeleteAmerican tourist is extremely interested in buying the horse-statue because it symbolizes a warrior and a massive guardian in shapes of a horse that protect his house/country. And more importantly, he wanted to buy the statue representing as a sign of wealth; and reminding himself that he had traveled to Kritam, Indian.
ReplyDeleteActually, when he noticed the statue, he thought it was “marvelous.” He has already determined to buy it. He must own it for his living room, with no thought for what the statue might mean or who might value it. Muni interpreted the statue, but the American replies, “I assure you this will have the best home in the U.S.A. I’ll push away the bookcase. . . . The TV may have to be shifted. . . .” It is clear that even when he couldn’t speak the language, he knew that money talked. Obviously, the statue is only a wealthy symbol of the American, which means the American could pay it at whatever price, as long as he could get it.
ReplyDeleteAt his first look at the statue his word was "marvelous" and to start with, the fact that he is so obsessed about the status, it tells the intention of the tourist. And then his dream to take it to his home and put it in the middle of one of his rooms. He even convinces himself that the statue would not create any problem in case they invite people to their house. This shows that he wants to take the statue at any cost.
ReplyDeleteTo the people of the town the statue no longer had any significance at all and they seem to have forgotten all about it. The American tourist however saw it as a marvelous art piece that would serve as a great souvenir in his living room. To the tourist the statue represented the primitive and ethnic culture that he was looking for on his trip. Having this statue would satisfy him and complete his trip. It seems as if this trip was merely a phase for the tourist in that he wanted an experience in a foreign country just to show off to his friends or others back home.
ReplyDeleteThe statue resembled a mere object of plain or superficial beauty. To the American tourist, it was merely a possession, something that he would never have enjoyed with as great pleasure as Muni did. Essentially, the tourist’s purchase of the statue symbolized avarice. To him, the trade was merely another transaction, exchanging money for something. It represented his ignorance, his inability to comprehend the grander scheme of things. It can be inferred that the tourist would eventually forget about the presence of the statue, where it would simply be in storage, accumulating dust, possibly in his living room where its beauty would eventually be forgotten.
ReplyDeleteThe American tourist indicated himself as a modest business man, and he had met the horse and rider statue by chance. The American tourist was attracted by this exquisite statue, and he wish to buy it as his collection.
ReplyDeleteSince he is a business man, and money is not a problem to him like Muni. The American tourist concern about his favor marvelous Asian art masterpiece more than the price he paid for the statue. In my opinion, the statue represented the tourist yearn of culture and art--he hardly seen in his business career.
The American tourist represents a bad side of wealthy people. He is so superficial; and thinks he can do everything with money. He expects that he can find an English-speaking guy in the smallest village in India. He is so stupid. Once he sees the statue, he desires it very much. He wants to place it in his living room. However, he never thinks of what the statue might mean or who might value it. He just thinks that it can act as a guard of his house; and an evidence of his trip to India.
ReplyDeleteAs a business man, the American tourist look the statue as a goods, a beautiful objoct which can be decorate his house, a collection. Therefore, the significance of the statue is money.
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