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Argumentative essay

CULTURE SHOCK

During the history, the persons have developed a few characteristics and innate skills to be related and to form in society. Nevertheless, it is notable to admit that certain facts (wars, poverty, exchanges, etc) have provoked immigrations that can reflect good or bad experiences in the persons, therefore to establish the following plan of life in another culture only is experienced on having lived through it, which produces what we usually call as “culture shock”.

The culture shock (of moving to a foreign country) often consists of distinct phases: honeymoon, negotiation, everything is OK, and reverse culture shock.

First of all, the phase honeymoon announces abroad those differences between the cultures (his native culture and the actually culture) it is possible that at first it is considered to be slightly interesting, wonderful and new. For example, those persons who move to other countries for motives of study or work, which can go so far as to be astonished at new food, habits, constructions and customs.

Secondly, the phase of negotiation is when the persons begin to attend some cultural differences but likewise he begins to accept them and take the same way of life of other persons, nevertheless the foreigners can admit that there exist certain things that irritate his life style, for example, personalities, the flavor of the food or of some plates, etc.

Later, continues the period call as "Everything is well ", in this phase the immigrants get accustomed in the style of life of the persons, develop routines that allow to favor their own life style. In this moment the person familiarizes herself so much with the culture that already does not consider her to be different or foreign and feels that this is his original culture. Nevertheless it is important to clarify that this process can last days, weeks or months; the change depends of the person.

Finally this the period of Reverse culture shock, where the immigrants return to his hearths going so far as to produce new customs to his country or native region. However, another two particular cases can exist: the first one of them is that the person live so comfortable in this new country that decides to remain to living temporarily, on the contrary, through the second case it shows that the person never felt comfortable in this country and therefore it never came to the previous phases and has decided to return to his native country.

In conclusion, it is necessary to know all those aspects that can go so far as to generate changes in the style of a person when this one decides to realize a change of life of this type, but also it is important to admit that the life is acquired by the experience, and a cultural change will never be equal for two persons, then, it is necessary to bear in mind that the cultural shock just will be demonstrated when the experience is lived, not when it is planned.