Jai and Thai: Understanding the Thai Heart

In Thai language, Jai (Thai: ใจ) means "heart", "heart", or "spirit". When listening to a conversation with a Thai person, words are heard a few times a day, and the word "Jai" which is often used for advertisement and publicity is also displayed. It is always used as part of the expressions of "humanity" and "human property" and is deeply rooted in Thai culture. Although it is alive, "Jai" is also an important metaphor for expressing inner emotions in Thai language.

One of the most complex values ​​in Thai culture is the concept of Kreng Jai. Foreigners are hard to understand. This concept is a concept of "consideration". Komin argues that this concept is an important part of Thai's everyday interpersonal behavior pattern (Komin, 1990). She furthermore acknowledges that the closest meaning is to consider any emotions (and "self") that are compassionate, do not want to impose on others, any measures that do not cause discomfort or inconvenience to others It was explained that it is to take. . Kreng jai points to the tendency of this attitude towards actions for someone else. The action of Kreng jai should be observed by subordinates including intimate relationships between husband, boss, equality, and couple up to the extent of the difference. (Pp.161-162)

Tamis Fenwick was 11 years old when the civilization collapsed and was destroyed by a virus that killed most of the world's population. For seven years, Thai people and their families lived in a community of survivors in the center of the Appalachian Mountains. But when her town was attacked by an attacker, she and her blind sisters were taken to the eastern central area. So, she was supposed to live a cruel and unfair life with a deceased mother. Attikas Hunt is a soldier with the problem of Lexington City who tried to support the nature of male evil in the post-apocalyptic society of the past seven years. In order to survive, he knows that he should give up morality and conscience and must become like the people around him. But when he meets Thai people morality and conscience will be the same heavier, he encouraged his status and life to help her. They ran out of the city and went on a long and dangerous journey to find security at Shreveport, Louisiana.