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Green is the Colour: "how people of different races, the heirs of colonial and migrant histories, face the challenges of living side by side." - Does this comment function, for you, as an adequate summation of the novel's thematic concerns?
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A critic has made the following observation about Fernando's Green is the Colour: Clearly, the central concern (of the novel) is how people of different races, the heirs of colonial and migrant histories, face the challenges of living side by side." Does this comment function, for you, as an adequate summation of the novel's thematic concerns? In Fernando's Green is the Colour, there is no doubt that the central concern is about how people of different races face the challenges of living side by side. However, besides this, readers should also look beyond this central concern to unearth Fernando's other concerns regarding the country's future from various aspects. Although this novel was written in the setting of post 13 May 1969, its thematic concerns are also applicable to the Malaysian society of today. As long as Malaysia has not achieved true success in the formation of a common "Bangsa Malaysia" identity,...
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