Eric realizes that he dislikes life in Miami, but notice that the Latino mostly do. So he decides to ask Joe Garcia, a Cuban American, why the Latino are happy in Miami. He answers that it’s because of the importance they put on family and living the moment, because you cannot lose a moment you’ve lived. Eric realizes that he doesn’t see things the same way, so he understand that something may be paradise for a person, but hell for another. After that, Eric met Andy, an ex-soldier that have been living in Miami for twenty-two years, but that didn’t enjoy his experience. He dislikes the ocean, the two seasons that are too similar and make life looks like it is eternal, and he still remember the hurricane Andrew, which traumatized him. Andy would prefer a calm place, with four seasons and mountains. He discovered …show more content…
Finally, she says that even if she’s happy there, she doesn’t consider Asheville as a home. Eric Concludes that Americans don’t want to fully commit to something, because they always think they could be happier somewhere else or with something else. The last person he met in Asheville is Laurey Masterton, which got there because she signed up for an Outward Bound, trying to change her life and to face her fear of snakes. She have a restaurant, and at the first look, Eric likes her the same way he liked Karma Ura in Bhutan. She is, like Karma, a cancer survivor and Eric thinks it may have something to do in the way he sees her. She also likes Asheville because of the mountains, the nature and the accessibility of food. She’s the first one to says she’s home there, but when Eric asks where she want to die, she answers in Vermont, which proves that there is her real home, according to an Icelandic film director. Eric concludes that Asheville is like a small paradise, but that paradise moves the same way American moves to find