In divide by two the way i see it, is more a division in the personality of the couple than anything else. It seems like they have conflicting attitudes which is far different from the typical, or in a sense ideal woman (LOL) from the earlier stories in which there is a sense of oneness of harmony between characters. In the bread of salt story, i feel that the boy is the individualist one, and that he tends to think of what to do and how to do it, how to accomplish etc. Like since he likes that girl, he figures out ways to try and swoon her. I also noticed that the role of the grandmother disappeared very early in the story, and i sense that the story is centered around an individual(the boy) rather than the boys family.
I actually don't really know what culture that I will pertain to here, since I'm so heavily mixed. I'll stick with my mom's chinese side. I guess we are still predominantly collective. We all give respect to each other and we still "move" as one, always thinking of other family members before ourselves and even in my grandfather's business ventures, he puts a great emphasis on the company as a whole and not just individual workers. Apart from that whenever our family gatherings my family is always en masse much in contrast once again to my more western father side. I personally think that we are still a collective culture, evidence of this are in the form of our family gatherings(like our rituals during these times, i forgot the exact name)and our attitude towards consequences and stuff like that. Actually it can't really be helped because my grandparents are very traditional.
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