American Space Chinese Place Analysis

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Yi-Fu Tuan in his essay, “Americans space, Chinese place,” published in The Write Stuff Thinking Through Essays, (Canadian Edition, 2010), explain about the Americans space and Chinese place. In this essay the author explains, how the Americans space differ from Chinese place. When someone visit Americans home, firstly he view through picture window and explain how lonely is outside the house. All the area around is like an open sky around the house. The Americans are not attached to their place. On the other hand Chinese are rooted to their place. Chinese home are surrounded by walls. They have a small garden in corner on the courtyard. The author says that when you enter the Chinese home you are draped in an atmosphere of calm with beauty,
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