How Did Changon Appreciate The Yanoomamo Way Of Life

Question 1 Changon did not develop an appreciation for the Yanomamo’s way of life because he had envisioned the Yanomamo as a more civilized society. Changon had anticipated the Yanomamo as a tribe that would be delighted by his presence. He expected them to be eager in assisting him with research and studying the social patterns of the surrounding tribes. However, they were rude and mischievous towards him throughout most of his visit. The Yanomamo have no concept of personal hygiene nor sanitary conditions. When Changon first arrived, he noticed how dirty the Yanomamo people were. He described them as having mucus constantly pouring out of their nose, to which they would blow their nose into their hand and flick it off as best they could. This only distanced Changon form them in that he was accustomed to Western sanitary conditions and viewed the Yanomamo as dirty and unclean.
While he was trying to conduct research, the Yanomamo would provide false information to him. This made his work much harder in that, he had to constantly cross reference what people would say in order to see if they were telling the truth. Changon did not appreciate how the Yanomamo would blatantly lie to his face, and this only supported his theory that their way of life was barbaric. For most of his stay Changon felt distant from the Yanomamo people. It was not the type of stay he had envisioned, and the Yanomamo were uncooperative and somewhat resentful toward him. This led to Changon not feeling apart of the tribe and therefore could not appreciate its