Practice - Analytical Approach - 4.3.2.1

A character in a novel chooses to decline a high-paying job in another city because their aging parents need daily care. If you come from a culture that highly values individual career success, how should you apply cultural sensitivity here?

• Answer: You should avoid labeling the character as "unambitious." Instead, investigate if the text is operating under a value system of filial piety or collective responsibility, where family duty is a higher moral priority than individual gain.
• Hint: Ask: "Is this decision shaped by a specific cultural value I don't immediately share?"

True or False: If a theme is "universal" (like justice), it will look the same in a Western legal thriller and an Indigenous oral history.

• Answer: False.
• Hint: While the concept of justice is universal, its expression (e.g., a courtroom vs. a communal healing ritual) varies by culture.