Post 3A

Currently the most significant difference between American and Israeli cultures in Someone to Run With is the difference in common sayings and symbols of revenue. At one point, Tamar recalls some of her friends as she eats a self earned dinner on the streets of Jerusalem. She says "or about Leana, from chorus, who agreed to go steady when some boy from Boyer High School asked her" (87). While reading this, I realized that I had absolutely no clue what "going steady" was. I could guessed, based on the context in which the word was held, and assumed that either I was too young to understand this saying, or it was an Israeli saying. Well, I'm not that young (though Mrs. B probably doesn't want me to say my age) so I'm pretty sure its a saying outside of American culture. More obvious are the symbols of revenue, the shekel, which obviously aren't used in America.