Postcolonial Criticism

1. The West views the East as a realm of exotic, the mystical and seductive. Also, they are viewed as projections of the aspects of themselves which they choose not to acknowledge, such as laziness.
2. It means that people are not individuals, but viewed as a mass of people.
3. Their actions are determined by the racial considerations rather than their individual views on a subject. Their emotions are determined by instinctive emotions rather than taking the time to think it through. In other words, their decisions are not a factor, but whatever they feel is right is what they do.
4. The view of the east makes the west look a lot better, and makes them look almost "saint-like".
5. I think this view is still around today. In western societies, we look at ourselves as having the quintessential lives, and the view of others remains the same. It is commonly thought that eastern cultures, like Africa, are a mass of people and there are no individuals.