Background of Domestic Violence Domestic violence and psychological abuse are identified as, "behaviors used by one person in a relationship to control the other" (http://www.domesticviolence.org/). Most people believe that it only occurs among women of color, who are married and living in poor communities. They also believe that the causes of it are primarily due to drug and alcohol related content (http://www.domesticviolence.org/). However, all of these assumptions are false; domestic and emotional abuse can happen to anyone, anywhere. According to Futures Without Violence, an o...

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On his way to Saigon, Andrew finds himself lost but too embarrassed to ask anyone for directions because, "the hungry, curious way people gawk at [him] makes [him] feel stupid, self-indulgent," as he spends money to travel to witness their poverty, (Pham 172). ...

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Wilde also creates comedy here by using stage directions rather than just dialogue, which would increase the humour in the scene as it adds to the slyness of the women's actions without them having to actually say anything. ...

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