... go so far as to say that Walker Percy, in his essay "The Loss of the Creature-, would agree. But this isn't how Geertz's experience begins. Geertz begins his essay by describing the almost woeful emotions of being the outsider in Bali. The Balinese (if we are to believe Geertz) are a people that treat outsiders or foreigners as if they don't really exist. In fact, Geertz ... begins the first paragraph of his essay by stating that he and his wife were seen as ... "intruders-. He continues, telling us that they were "nonpersons, specters, invisible-. I got the mental image of trying to h...

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• Grade Level: High School