Chapter 6 Summary and Analysis

It didn't take long for John to realize that he couldn't do his research in Bandung. John met a man, Rasy, who took him to places that the average American in Indonesia had never seen. John felt happy being with the native Indonesians. John wanted to spend less time with those in MAIN and started to resent the Americans in Indonesia. When John got to Jakarta, he experienced more resentment from the political and business leaders. Even though everyone was seemingly nice and always smiled, there was a shadow of resignation and rancor.