Posted by dmitri chekanov on January 06, 2002 at 14:40:10:
In Reply to: Image of the East in Burmese days posted by sanja on January 04, 2002 at 05:08:48:
the "immage" portrayed in Burmese Days is more or less a one that describes the negativity and monotony of the british in burma. by attempts of flory on elizabeth for marriage Orwell brings forth the idea also seen in keep the aspidistra flying that people are most always searching for a place in domesticity; an escape from the responsibilities of work. the whole of imperialism is for the sake of power-play, its existence had no immediate meaning and the constant struggle of foreign powers on other continents is a way of proving their betterment over others.
the hopelessness of the situation is seen by flory's suicide at the end; being an allegory of the situation of the british in burma, that through all the struggle, because there is no immediate cause for their presence, they will be eventually exploited and killed.