# Cultural Clash and Colonialism in The Faraway Bride

> Theme guide for The Faraway Bride by Stella Benson.

The setting in Japanese-occupied Manchuria highlights the confusion of nationalities and hierarchies, with Chinese soldiers, Korean peasants, Japanese landlords, and Western missionaries all interacting in a landscape of power imbalance and misunderstanding.

## Where it surfaces

- [Author's Note](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/author-s-note): The note describes the complex ethnic hierarchy in Kanto (Koreans, Chinese, Japanese, Russians) and the tensions arising from Japanese colonial ambitions, Chinese sovereignty, and Russian statelessness.
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/vi): Wilfred's critique of Korean grave customs as heathen, contrasted with Seryozha's acceptance, and Wilfred's narrative of Christian education as a path to worldly advantage.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/themes/cultural_clash_and_colonialism
- Themes index: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/themes