Now, in the short essay "Us and Them", David Sadaris presents great examples of how one's culture truly shapes how one sees the world and then affects about life. In the text Sadaris states: "We never spoke, but from time to time I passed them in the corridors and tried to see the world through their eyes" (Page). For Sadaris this was almost impossible. Early in his story he explains the black and white contrast between the Tomkeys and his own family. He talks about his relationship with television and how this was part of everyday life, while the Tomkeys didn't own a television, much less believe in it. Not to mention the two families' differences with Halloween or simply the way both families ate dinner. This all ties back to the quote and the big misunderstanding between Sadaris and the Tomkeys. He couldn't understand due to the lack of knowledge he had on how to live how the Tomkeys lived. He said he never even talks to children, you could say it's because most are too afraid of what they don't understand. Sadaris gr...