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Pretty Faces and Poverty

Alina

Marital conlficts

“We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination.”

- Nelson Mandela

Although their conflicts are not verbal or physical in any way, the lack of communication between Mr. and Mrs. Kong is evidence of a collapsing marriage

A society with gender discrimination reeks of failure.

Set in Hong Kong, the story revolves around lives of the people from lower class, in particular, housemaids.

Alina's first person narration of her life perhaps reflects an image of "modern slavery."

Mrs. Kong's extra marital affair highlights that the upper class can afford to be immoral.

Poverty

Superiority Complex

The writer emphasizes on the unfortunate lives of housemaids.

Alina is well educated; holds a degree in English literature from the University of Manila.

Mrs. Kong feeds off her sense of superiority.

She threatens Alina of taking her away her job, only source of income for her family, if she ever discloses her affair.

The writer underlines the faults in our society.

Harassment

Mr. Kong's decaying marriage results in him developing feelings for Alina.

His untimely and inappropriate confession makes Alina feel harassed and almost suffocated.

Alina is later falsely accused of seducing Mr. Kong into this confession.

Bigger Question:

Leng Lui is for Pretty Lady

- Elaine Chew

the extravagant lifestyle, especially the lifestyle of Dubai is concrete proof of this story being a mixture of reality into fiction.

Have we evolved as a race or has there been a pause somewhere in the middle...?

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