er things we have never experienced before they often change us and we are never quite the same afterward. This will be DrakeÆs fate and setting is used to foreshadow the conflict between British and Burmese culture. However, instead of ethnocentrism, Drake exhibits enthusiasm and deep appreciation for Burma and its customs. The setting seems to appeal to Drake, to lure him into the heart of a culture foreign from his own. Like a beautiful Burmese women will, Burma and its setting seem to appeal to Edgar on a personal level. We see this when he describes a row of pagodas, ôEdgar found himself standing at the base of a slope lined with dozens of
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