Having studied and lived on the outside for 17 years, he found himself alienated from tribal life. When he first came back, he discovered that his knowledge of the tribe was very superficial. And the tribal people looked upon him as one of those who return "with a face turned always to Taiwan."
在外念書、生活了十七年，與部落脫節得太厲害，夏曼回來之初發現對族群的瞭解很淺薄，而且在部落也被歸類為「臉向著台灣」的邊緣人，覺得很傷心。