Gallimard's Character In Pride And The Pursuit Of Happiness

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The act contains racial and gender differences between the actors’ personalities, the dimension in which the portrait exemplifies each of the story character demonstrates that Gallimard is a French diplomatic man, in which for his political power he can perform at his own pleasure, having consequently an ethical failure. His personality is not the typical Westermann, he does not feel bigheaded, and aggressive with the opposite sex, however, his political colleagues persuaded him by the orientalist and imperialist thinking to explore, dig and act against the chines culture. Gallimard is a passive and obedient man, he is seeming to be the classic French irresistible man, he is not afraid to show his emotions, therefore, he displays a strong intention to develop a relationship with an oriental “woman” ending up losing his reputation and becoming a French failure for his own county, therefore, a man of no trust and actor of no political norms. …show more content…
Song an opera singer, is a person of double personality which his successful actions bring as a result the destruction of others and make a wealthy living out of his contaminated world in which he lives. Consequently, his dishonest actions bring an affair, for his manipulative personage he destroys a man of good intentions. Song is a spy for the communist government he us such a good actor that develops a cruel lie, admittedly, inventing a story of been pregnant, and delivering an offspring when he is not even able to show his body to his loved man Gallimard. Song is the fabrication of a communist government where he must follow the government demands to attack the French

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