Stereotyping has been an issue we have discussed in class in great depth. In the book, Bryson shares the contents of a book that Christopher Hibbert wrote, which points out that "the peoples of Europe have for at least three hundred years been living up to their stereotypes. As long ago as the sixteenth century, travelers were describing Italians as voluble, unreliable, and hopelessly corrupt; the Germans as gluttonous; the Swiss as irritatingly officious and tidy; the French as, well, insufferably French". This humerous stereotyping relates to a discussion we had in class over how ethnicity and nationality can classify someone in society. In the book, Bryson describes acquaintences in Paris as being snooty and rude, as well as anti-tourist. Clearly this illustrates a generalization amongst the inhabitants of France.
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