David McAlmont
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81 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 27 Jul
David McAlmont’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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That's it.
That's the expectation.
So that you can, you know, make your profits and harvest your teak or whatever means that you have to keep the people in line.
And Flory is seen as a bit of an aberration because he befriends Flory.
And that's the romantic conflict between him and Elizabeth, because she's very much of the, this is the way that the colonialists, this is what is expected of a good colonialist woman in this part of the world.
And she keeps coming up against Flory's refusal to concede to that.
It's almost as if though Ellis,
You know, slavering racist Ellis would be a better match for her.
And when you speak about racism in the book, she's one of the more shocking.
But also you find yourself thinking, OK, is Orwell speaking for the character now or is this Orwell's voice?
You know.
And is this dated Orwell?
Would Orwell be cancelled if he was writing these words in this time?
Yeah, but if we are to compare Burmese days with Ten Little, the location in Ten Little is an island that is so-called because it looks like the head of...
Whereas in Burmese days, George Orwell is portraying racists.
So I think if you're portraying racists, that language should be in their mouths.
Whereas if you're just casually describing an island's profile, you might be in more dodgy waters.
And the universal othering of colonialism as well.
I had exactly the same experience as you on reading about people, reading about the Burmese being called things that colonialists called Africans.
and realising that the language was much more international than I had realised.
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