1. George Orwell and Politics
He ought to make a decision in front of two thousand Burmese, whom he describes as "evil-spirited little beasts" with "hideous laughter" (104). ... When standing in front of the crowd, Orwell describes himself as a "white man" who was "seemingly the leading actor of the piece" but in fact was "only an absurd puppet pushed to and fro by the will of those yellow faces behind" (105). ... According to Said, Orientalism is a "Western style for dominating, restructuring, and having authority over the Orient". ...
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