Throughout the novel A Passage to India, by EM Forster, and Burmese Days, by George Orwell, the authors use race, culture, economics and liberal humanism to discuss various colonial issues. problems. These issues include controversies, power structures, injustices and the idea of ​​syncretism between colonizers and colonized. A Passage to India focuses largely on using culture and liberal humanism to explore issues of colonialism, while Burmese Days primarily uses race and economics to explore these topics. Although the novels use different methods of exploration, both novels very successfully approach the task of discussing very colonial issues of controversies, power structures, injustices, and syncretism. One way to explore power structures in A Passage to India is through misunderstanding. One of the major cultural misunderstandings that occurs in the novel is the invitation of Miss Quested and Mrs. Moore to Dr. Aziz's home (69). Although he only intended it as a gesture of goodwill towards the women, they take it as a literal invitation to his home. This misunderstanding is due to cultural differences in hospitality. If the women had been Indian too, they would have understood Aziz's invitation as a simple gesture of goodwill. Aziz being a product of the Raj and wanting to do as the Europeans want, he feels like he cannot explain the misunderstanding. Because of this, he feels like he has to take the women on a trip. In this way, power structures are imposed and reinforced because indigenous people feel that their culture is less important than European culture. Another cultural misunderstanding occurs in the same passage between Ronny and Dr. Aziz. Aziz gives Fielding ...... middle of paper ...... occupies a space that apparently lies between the world of the colonizer and the world of the colonizer. But ultimately, it fails to occupy this space successfully. Flory's love for Elizabeth prevents him from continuing to occupy both spheres and being happy. Ultimately, he would have to choose between marrying Elizabeth and giving up his love for Burma, or abandoning Elizabeth and continuing to occupy the place between the two worlds. However, as we know, the choice seemed too destabilizing for him and he committed suicide. I see this as proof that he is incapable of continuing to operate successfully in both worlds; the tension between the two groups was too great to overcome. Works Cited Forster, EM A Passage to India. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984. Print. Orwell, George. Burmese days. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974. Print.