For your final course paper, bring out the three books: Not Out of Hate, Dumb Luck, and Dancing in Cambodia into a conversation of sorts and use those three
writings to analyze and reflect on some of the themes of the course. The paper should be 5+ pages long (no less than five pages, no more than six pages),
with proper citations (any style, consistently used), double-spaced, with common 12-pt. font. Please proof-read before uploading.
Possible topics to explore in your interpretive/reflective/analytical paper:
* What common themes emerge in the three writings, and where do they diverge?
* How are (remnants of) traditional, pre-colonial Southeast Asia portrayed?
* What deformations to colonized Southeast Asian societies and cultures, brought about by imperialist subjugation, are the three writings addressing?
* What legacies of colonialism might (or will) carry over into post-colonial times and to what effect?
* What gender, class and/or race dimensions do the three authors develop in their stories?
* What literary devices employed by the authors did you find most (or least) effective in your readings?
* What is the most important insight you took away from the three readings about 20th c. Southeast Asia?
* [insert your own interpretive or analytical focus here]
