"Students of colonial Burma inevitably turn to Burmese Days. The frequent pedagogical use of George Orwell?s (1903-1950) novel has meant that the text has become a part of the mythology of imperial experience not only for Burma, but for the British Empire as a whole...this paper will raise the possibility that repositioning Burmese Days within the stream of discourse about Burma shows that while it was an important work of social criticism, it also bore the biases which some scholars prefer to label as `orientalist.? Having said as much, it remains beyond the boundaries of this discussion to decide whether Orwell?s novel warrants its mythological reputation...With its emphasis on the cunning of U Po Kyin and ultimate unknowable character of the Burmans Orwell?s novel repeats the constructions of stereotypes which scholars have come to associate with `orientalism.? To be sure, Orwell did not write to create categories of difference or to promote racial hierarchies, but his novel has the effect of supporting some of these patterns of discourse. Burma, both the land and its peoples, remains as `the other?; the main emphasis is on the presentation of the generic evils associated with imperialism.