LIVING LIFE IN AMERICAN SAMOAN There are many different people living in this world with different culture diversity, and ways of making a living. American Samoans are one of these countries with different cultures and different ways of living. Living life in American Samoa is more unique from other countries. First of all, living life in American Samoa is easier then any other countries as far as I know. In American Samoa we get food free because the Samoans mainly live off the land. There is no house or rent payment. The people of Samoa grow their own plantation, go fishing and help out others. Everyone works together and helps out one another. When family is going through times of hardships the other families will step in to help, until they can survive and stand on their own feet. The cost of living is fair enough for people to live and survive. We buy many products from the store, such as our toiletries, canned good, paper goods and our clothes. But in other ways, families have no money to purchase things from the store so they borrow the money or the item from another family. Often times the storeowners will allow a family to write an I.O.U and pay it later when they have money. This is where the word “Fa’amolemole” comes in. This word simply means, “please” but it is one of the most powerful words in the Samoan language. With the word fa’amolemole a person can obtain or acquire anything that they wish. The Samoans use this word to borrow things from their neighbors, and returning it or merely replacing it when they are finished. The second most powerful word in the Samoan language is “Fa’afetai”. This word means, “thank you”. Because the Samoan people are of high respect a simple please or thank you can do a lot for a person. The most important thing about life in American Samoa as far as I know, is the way that people always loved each other and work...
