1. The west views the east as a center of the bad traits they wish to not acknowledge for themselves, like cruelty, sensuality, decadence, etc. At the same time, the east is also seen as exotic, mystical and seductive.
2. The west sees the east as one stereotype, as a whole, instead of as individuals. This is how individuals can be viewed homogeneously.
3. Their emotions and reactions are always determined by racial stereotypes and by instinctive emotions (lust, terror, fury, etc) which in effect almost turns them into an interesting breed of monkey.
4. This view of the east means that the west had no problem taking their lang and ruling them. If they are animals, then why should one worry about taking their rights away? Creating a common enemy gives them something to agree about in the case that nobody can agree with something else. In other words, it unites them.
5. This view may not be common in the popular culture when thinking about modern day, but if people think about what went of back in time, at the time this view persisted, then, even now,
we might think of them as backwards.
-Juxtaposition shows the differences between things, or similarities, by showing them near or around each other.
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