The people of each country get more like the people of every other country. They have no character, no beauty, no ideals, no culture-nothing, nothing."… "Everything's getting gray, and it'll be grayer.
In "The Sheltering Sky," Paul Bowles expresses a bleak perspective on global culture and identity. He suggests that as people across different nations become more alike, they lose their unique characteristics and cultural richness. This homogenization leads to a lack of individuality, beauty, and meaningful ideals, resulting in a world that feels increasingly dull and uninspired. Bowles portrays a grim vision where the distinctiveness of cultures fades into a uniform grayness....