Hitler. Izzard is therefore at times an insider and at other times an outsider looking in, depending on the topic of discussion. With Geertz we are introduced to a completely new and different culture, while with Izzard we are presented familiar cultures but from an unfamiliar viewpoint.
             Geertz and Izzard differ dramatically in the way they study a culture and how they later theorize about the society, or do they? Geertz "submerses" himself in the daily lives of the Balinese people, studying and gathering information from communication with natives and observations of their lives and the cockfighting ritual. Rather than arguing what is wrong with the ritual of cockfighting or attempting to refine them; as a result intellectually colonizing the Balinese, Geertz explores the layers of meaning to reveal what essential impact the practice has on the Balinese culture. Geertz conveys the feeling that he was truly one of the villagers, however given the short time frame Geertz actually spent in Bali it is hard to believe he in fact was able
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