School of Distance Education
English Literature in the 21
st
century
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Emily’s painting of
Amir in the style of Diego
Velázquez’s Portrait of Juan de Pareja,
is the source of
power dynamic shift between Emily and Amir. Emily’s
White Savior Complex shows itself in other instances
such as when she influences Amir until he agrees to help
the imam’s case. Amir’s
violence uncovers some Neo
Orientalist concepts which are the hierarchical binary
opposition of ‘barbaric brown man’ and ‘free
white
woman,’ and the ‘new barbarism’ motive.
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