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Title: So idyllic, it's scary
Review: At first I really identified with the character of Hugh Conway--- how neat to be given your own paradise to rule, right? Wrong. As much as he seems to want to live and let live, he is simply applying Western imperialistic thought in a Eastern setting... so really as much as he wants to escape imperialism, he takes over this imperialistic ruled society--- remember he sucedes a Belgian priest. Aside from this, the whole story is about avoiding conflict at almost any cost--- personally, without this conflict how does one know she is alive? Alas, I found the character of Hugh passionless on the whole and felt sorry for nothing drove him really.... except, and here's the irony, his determination and passion at the end is finally seen when he trecks back on a quest to find that Shrangri-la he left behind. Isn't that the way life is though....
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