In comparison To truly understand something, we must see it from an outside perspective as well as from within. This not only gives an objective and subjective viewpoint, but also allows a comparison that allows essential differences to highlight key elements that might either be overlooked, or simply taken for granted. When we compare life between two countries, there are different aspects that we see, depending on the extent of the differences between those two countries and cultures. The similarities between the two are greater than the differences.
Observations are therefore about relatively subtle elements.
The author shares his experience on returning to Australia from the US, and quotes an American consultant who returned to the US after working for a year in post-war Kuwait.