Introduction

For this individual project, Angela wrote a short story about a 23-year-old Hong Kong girl who struggles to find her identity. The protagonist grows up in an upper-middle-class family and enjoys educational privilege and material comfort. Nevertheless, as she enters university and encounters people from different backgrounds, she gradually realizes that unlike what she has always believed – that most of the people in Hong Kong live like her – they are actually categorized into different social classes and hierarchy prevails in the society. She is exposed to the brutality of reality and begins to witness herself becoming someone she is unfamiliar with.

Experience at MALCS

Enrolling in the MALCS programme is a decision I am grateful I have made, as it changed the way I see, comprehend and interact with the world in a way I never envisioned. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in film, culture or literature. Not only has it introduced me to the eye-opening world of comparative literature and literary, cultural and film studies, on a more personal level, it has also inspired me to be a filmmaker – a dream that I am still pursuing and burning for at this very moment.