All we know about Thap is told from the point of view of the narrator. When describing Thap, Butler uses harsh names like “communist prude”. These words have an obvious negative connotation that hint at the narrator’s distaste. The narrator has just met Thap and all he knows is what he’s read in Thap’s file, but the narrator quickly assumes he is a rigid communist. The narrator goes on about how “communists [are] full of right views, right intentions, right speech, and all that”. Butler uses long sentences and repetition to show the narrator’s aversion. Because the narrator’s descriptions of Thap are so extreme, it polarizes the purity and values of the narrator and thap. Since the reader learns about Thap through the eyes of the narrator, this severely moral and righteous communist is what Thap becomes. Once this is established, Thap is now the overall example of vietnamese culture in the