In this article “Even Anthropologists Get Culture Shock”, Conrad Kottak (the author) describes some of his initial impressions, and the cultural shock that he felt, the First Time he visited Arembepe, Brazil. The main idea is how Anthropologist’s get culture shock when they travel to other countries that they aren’t familiar or accustomed to their ways of living. The thesis statement is stated. “Culture shock refers to the whole set of feelings about being in an alien setting and the ensuing reactions. It is a chilly, creepy feeling of alienation, of being without some of the most ordinary, trivial (and therefore basic) cues of one’s culture of origin.” Conrad Kottak (p. 104 paragraph 2). The reader is able to identify this as the thesis because