A host community refers to a country or a region or a local community which welcome a particular type of foreigners or visitors who have come to that area for a particular reason. Reception refers to the act of receiving something.
Reception by the host community refers to the manner in which the host community embrace or welcome a particular type of foreigners. Reception by the host community can be cold or warm.
In the text that we read about the past and history of America, we get to know sometimes the culture of the people of that time but the day to day experiences of the people of that time are not given.
<u>Explanation:</u>
In the American literature, the culture of the people who were a part of the past of that society is given sometimes. But not always is that section of culture, habits, attractions etc given in the literature.
Moreover the day to day experiences of the people of the past is not provided. It provides a general experience that whether the society was suffering or was growing but the day to day experiences is not present in the literature.
You could say, for instance, “the runner’s speed”. This says that the runner owns how fast he/she goes.
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