Post 2A

I have found one major difference between European and American culture in my most recent reading. While there are many similarities in commercial items people use in their everyday lives, the names and labels for commercial items are usually different. This is the case when Tamar has a last meal with her friends before she sets off on her own. After her meal, the narrator refers to her eating a MAGNUM bar. While we have no idea what a magnum bar is, I learned from a trip to Italy approximately one year ago that magnum is a company which makes extremely good chocolate icecream bars which also may include caramel filling. I can guess from this that most Europeans have no idea what a Ben and Jerry's is either. So, the difference in commercial labels exists between Europian economies and our own.