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. These issues include controversies, power structures, injustices, and the idea of ​​syncretism between colonizers and colonized. A Passage to India focuses primarily 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 take on the task of discussing the very colonial issues of controversies, power structures, injustices and syncretism. One way we can explore power structures in A Passage to India is through cultural misunderstandings. One of the major cultural misunderstandings that occurs in the novel is the invitation of Miss Questad and Mrs. Moore to Dr. Aziz's house (69). Although he only meant it as a gesture of goodwill towards women, they take it as a literal invitation to his home. This misunderstanding is due to cultural differences in hospitality. If the women had also been Indian, they would have interpreted Aziz's invitation simply as a gesture of goodwill. Since Aziz is a product of the Raj and wants to behave the way Europeans want, he feels like he can't explain the misunderstanding. Because of this, he feels like he has to take women on a trip. In this way, power structures are strengthened and strengthened as the natives feel that their culture is less important than the European one. Another cultural misunderstanding occurs in the same passage between Ronny and Doctor Aziz. Aziz gives Fielding…half of the paper…occupies a space that apparently lies between the world of the colonizer and the world of the colonizer. Ultimately, however, it is unable to successfully occupy this space. Flory's love for Elizabeth makes it impossible for him to continue to occupy both spheres and be happy. Ultimately he would have to choose between marrying Elizabeth and giving up his love for Burma, or giving up Elizabeth and continuing to occupy the place between the two worlds. As we know, however, the choice seemed too shocking to him and he committed suicide. I take this as evidence that he is unable to continue to operate successfully in both worlds; the tension between the two groups was too great to overcome. Works Cited Forster, E. M. A Passage to India. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984. Print.Orwell, George. Burmese days. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974. Print.