In his essay “Meeting Maung-Maung”, Pico Iyer teaches his
audience you do not need money to live a rich life. Despite having a degree in
Mathematics, Maung-Maung pursues a career as a trishaw driver in Mandalay because
he “can meet tourist[s] and improve [his] English. Experience [he] believe[s],
is the best teacher.” Throughout the essay, Iyer’s diction adds to his
weariness of Maung-Maung. He continuously asks questions like “Where […] was
the catch?” and has thoughts like “here comes the setup” despite Maung-Maung
giving Iyers no reason to not trust him. When describing his experience in
Maung-Maung’s house, Iyers uses imagery to describe the “old English-Burmese
dictionary, its yellowed pages falling from their covers” and “a thick black
notebook [with] every single letter he had ever received from a foreign visitor”,
two of Maung-Maung’s most prized possesions. Maung-Maung’s rich life despite living
in poverty proves you do not need a lot of money to live a rich life.
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