Where Am I Wearing Analysis

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Where am I Wearing? Is the story of a young man named Kelsey Timmerman and his journey to discover the story behind his clothing. Timmerman decides to visit three countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia and China. In each country he meets people who work in the factories his clothes were made in and learns about them and how they live. Where am I Wearing? Is an in depth look at how the impoverished workers are affected by the industry of their respective LDCs. Industrialization is the introduction of manufacturing and other economic activity into a country. It is also a major theme as of late in Bangladesh. One of Timmerman’s first trips in the book is to Bangladesh to see where his underwear were made. “The garment industry accounts for 76 percent …show more content…
While in Bangladesh, Timmerman takes some children to the local amusement park, something he found normal but that the children would find to be a once in a lifetime opportunity. Food wise, Timmerman and the Bangladeshi children differed a lot in preferences. Timmerman is an American, which almost automatically made him a fan of pizza. The children, on the other hand, didn’t like pizza and for the most part left theirs half eaten. `Another example of cultural differences took place in Cambodia. While in Cambodia, Timmerman met a few young women who he befriended and got to hear the stories of. He decided that he should do something fun for them, much like he did for the Bangladeshi children, except he decided to take the girls bowling instead. Much like what happened with the pizza in Bangladesh, some girls enjoyed the bowling, while others didn’t find it as enjoyable. On the reverse side, Timmerman played a Bangladeshi game he had never heard of with the locals. All of these experiences serve to highlight the stark cultural differences between the world Timmerman is used to and that his friends are used to in their respective