In the story “The Old Man Isn’t There Anymore,” Kellie Schmitt takes you through her journey of being in a foreign country and trying to adapt to her surrounding while also trying to make friends with the natives in her building. Through her journey of trying to fit in with the locals, she comes across a few hurdles which prevents her from fully fitting in
During Schmitt’s journey of trying to fit in, she comes across several situations that makes her feel as if maybe she is doing something wrong and that is the reason the locals will not open up to her when she tries to start a conversation with them. “I had created stories in my head of the relationships we’d establish” (quoted in Faigley ). When in a new environment, we all want to feel
