In "The Literature of East Asia and the Pacific Rim," Michael Harris quotes: " 'Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.' With this famous line, British writer Rudyard Kipling has captured the idea that the East and West are so radically different that their people can't possibly understand one another. Agree or disagree with Kipling's statement, using examples from at least two of the selections you read. Be sure to include the title of each selection you cite as evidence.

Sure it's easy to see that there are a lot of differences between East and West. They have different culture, religion, mentality, education, different perception of the world ... But I don't agree that difference is so radical that people from these cultures can't understand each other. Recently I've read Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. It's a book about a man who moved to India from Australia. Here we can see how a person can change the country of living and get used to another people and culture.

Also there are a lot of examples of getting married two people - one is from East, other is from West. And they reach the understanding between them.

But we all know a lot of stories about misunderstanding between people from one culture. So if people want to communicate they do it regardless of the nation.