Expatriates automatically act out assigned roles when meeting other cultures

Evidence

It is a common experience of expatriates and travelers that, when you meet someone from another culture, you begin to act out a part you feel you have been assigned in an earlier life. Your persona goes into action, and you deliver the lines provided by some mysterious central scripting unit. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 742

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 742
• XREF: connects to: Expatriates travel protected by a filtered bubble of their own culture — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 67; Micro-level symbolic encounters carry relative autonomy from the social structure

Broader Connections

• Expatriates travel protected by a filtered bubble of their own culture #qualifies (0.75) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 67
• Micro-level symbolic encounters carry relative autonomy from the social structure #corroborates (0.50)