PARTICIPATING IN SOCIAL EVENTS:

CELEBRATING HOLIDAYS AND

SPECIAL EVENTS IN
“EAT, PRAY, LOVE”

Sonia Dwi Cahyanti

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Cross Cultural Understanding

Wednesday, April 22nd 2014
 Scene 1

Line 541 Liz: “OK my mom’s stuffing: stale

bread, apricots, walnuts, celery..”

Line 542 Luca: “It’s my dream – a real American

Thanksgiving”

Line 543 Giovanni: “and the perfect way to say

goodbye to our Liz. ”
 Analysis

Climax: Her friends celebrate Thanksgiving together with Liz in

order to respect her. Before that, Liz also helps them
with everything related to Thanksgiving celebration,
especially the food.

Post Climax : They enjoy the party and everyone seems very
happy. They also say thanks for everything that
they have, which is the part of celebrating
Thanksgiving. This party also held to celebrate
her leaving to India.
 Scene 2

Line 617 The Priest: “Why don’t you change into

work clothes and I’ll take
you to your seva.”

Line 618 Liz: “Seva??”

Line 619 The Priest: “The Hindu word for selfless

devotional work– it’s
required of everyone who
stays here.”
 Analysis

Climax: Liz is a Christian and people there are mostly Hindu.

Not only Liz, but also a lot of people around the world
come there to learn further about religion and find the
peacefulness.

Post Climax : Liz and the other comers show their respect through some actions.
They follow the ritual there such as meditation and praying. They are
also willing to do the chores such as cleaning the place where they
pray. In the other hand, people in India also show their respect
towards people who has different cultures. They welcome whoever
who wants to know further about religion. They treat everyone with
the same treatment without seeing their religion, nationality, etc.
 Conclusion
This analysis shows the importance of
respecting others’ culture by enjoying and
respecting their holidays and special events.
Here they can prove that having different
culture, it is not a problem since they can
tolerate it by respecting others’ culture.
Indeed, they enjoy or respect others’ holidays
and special events by taking a role in each
celebration