Write an essay of 3 pages (650 to 750 words) in response to this prompt:
You have read a number of essays by a variety of authors who sought, in different ways,
to understand the geography and culture of a foreign land. As a modern-day reader, you
have had to attempt what might be called a double feat of intercultural competence
because you had to understand the cultures of the authors and the cultures of the places
they described. In your essay, you should (a) evaluate and discuss the cultural attitudes
of the authors of three of the assigned readings, noting the ways in which they differ
from attitudes that are common today; (b) identify the essay (of the three you have
chosen) that you think most effectively explains geography, culture, and the relation
between them, and (c) reflect on the ethical responsibility of writers who undertake to
write about foreign lands. In this last reflection, you should consider that a writer has an
ethical obligation to his or her subjects and also an ethical obligation his or her readers.
A writer must be fair to the subject about whom he writes (i.e. not use them simply as
raw material for the book or essay), but also must be honest with the reader for whom he
writes. This can create an ethical dilemma
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