... the book, there are mentions of a "pale god", signs that the local people have been already affected by the colonial mentality of white as foreign, and foreign as superior. Therefore, men with white skin hold a higher social class status than that of men with darker skin. However Alfonso, who narrates ... there. Ghastly, yes. We could hear screams coming out of everywhere when they poured in the cement. It"ll be all over the foreign press this evening. Madame is in deep shit. Pardon me."" (p. 169). The first lady has shown monstrous qualities in that she bends her ... . Such a moral vio...

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... strengthen the national identity of Singaporeans," (Orthmann 2009: 32). On this holiday, there is a National Day Parade, an address by the Prime Minister, and fireworks and other celebrations. The military is also put on display, and this "demonstration of power is supposed to create a sense of awe, wonderment, and admiration within the population and suggest the extraordinary capabilities of ... for Singapore since 1960. Members of the Olympic team, Li Jiawei, Wang Yuegu, and Feng Tianwei, "had been consciously won over by the government in its bid to attract foreign talent (FT) and ha...

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