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This 6 page report discusses specific passages from Bruce Chatwin's Songlines," Jamaica Kincaid's "A Small Place," and Paul Theroux's "The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific." Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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stories unfold and what the reader understands about the people within each of the stories. In each, the contrast that occurs between the "other" and the people who truly belong
in the setting which the other invades serves as a repeated metaphor of how the interactions between any set of individuals is most often predicated on their understanding about and
their biases against one anothers contrasting cultures. As the student reads each of the novels to be considered, it is more than likely that he or she will find themselves
siding with one side or the other in the story. Focusing on their own bias and their own cultural awareness will also serve to help the student consider the ways
in which the characters and stories develop while also acknowledging that certain attitudes and events are almost always related to the disparities between peoples. The student should look for the
ways in which the author offers the reader new perspectives on worlds that are radically different than their own and, as a result, expands their awarenesses and understanding. Bruce
Chatwin -- "The Songlines" English writer Bruce Chatwin takes his readers to Australia and offers them the taste of a place where the white citizens who have been occupants of
the landmass for generations but still consider themselves to be part of the "Western" world. In fact, Chatwins character Arkady was desperate to see the places in which real culture
had evolved. The student will see that Chatwin intends within the first three pages of the book to make sure that the reader understands this fact immediately. As the narrator
describes Arkady Volchock, the reader understands that this is an unusual man whose very existence is predicated on a highly unusual set of circumstances. As a result, there is no
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