give one instance of the disconnect in a dialogue between the American and muni
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Get an answer for 'The conversation between Muni and the foreigner brings their contrasting lives into focus. Give examples of instances from the story that prove this statement.
The American tourist tells Muni about what seems to have been something of a spiritual crisis in his life. After experiencing a major power cut at his place of work—the fortieth floor of the Empire State Building, no less—the man told his wife that they would go visit India to get a look at another civilization. Contrast these first world problems with Muni's desperate struggle to keep body and soul together in the midst of extreme poverty.
There's a huge culture clash here between a relatively wealthy American needing to find himself and a poverty-stricken Indian whose spirituality does nothing to keep the wolves from the door or put food on the table. Each has something the other wants; each has a gaping void at the heart of their respective lives which desperately needs to be filled. Yet their mutual need doesn't unite the two men as it should, due to the enormous cultural chasm that divides them.