Document Type
Birth and Creation Essay
Publication Date
2005
Excerpt
From this side, it seems ridiculous. All the stereotypes, the crazed ideas driven into my head were absurd. They're all mean and rude, and they smell, and all they eat is cheese, and they hate all Americans. As Mumu, my French rent-a-mom and soon close friend, said, "Can you imagine an entire country full of smelly people?" Touche. It might be hard to imagine a country whose entire population literally stinks, but I would prefer imagining an entire country falling prey to believing in these stereotypes to be harder. At least, after having ventured out on this great French adventure, that's the way the way I see it.
Recommended Citation
Peters, Emily, "The Truth About Smelly People (2005)" (2005). The Valpo Core Reader. 76.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/76