adapting to life in a foreign culture theme
Someone experiences what it is like to live in a culture very different from their own for an extended period of time.
15 total · 2 choice · 9 major · 4 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Coneheads (1993) | choice | The Coneheads adapted to life in American and ultimately came to love it. |
| novel: A Passage to India (1924) | choice | The British walked a thin line between adapting to Indian customs and imposing British customs on the Indian people. Conversely, the Indian people walked a thin line between asserting their own culture or bending to their rich British overlords. |
| ahh2x04 | major | Mickey was Driver Arthur's foreign wife and, although she seemed to be doing rather well, there were numerous references to her the efforts she made or needed to make to adapt. She had to learn the language for one. She was encouraged to come down and mingle with the townsfolk, which she had presumably not yet done. |
| ahp7x35 | major | The American fugitive Frankie had much trouble ordering a bourbon at a Rome restaurant because of the language barrier. |
| movie: Alien Nation (1988) | major | The story follows the experiences of space alien refugees as they adapt to life in Los Angeles. |
| movie: Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995) | major | The story follows the experiences of space alien refugees as they adapt to life in Los Angeles. |
| movie: Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994) | major | The story follows the experiences of space alien refugees as they adapt to life in Los Angeles. |
| movie: Alien Nation: Millennium (1996) | major | The story follows the experiences of space alien refugees as they adapt to life in Los Angeles. |
| movie: Alien Nation: The Enemy Within (1996) | major | The story follows the experiences of space alien refugees as they adapt to life in Los Angeles. |
| movie: Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997) | major | The story follows the experiences of space alien refugees as they adapt to life in Los Angeles. |