... custom." Had Gallimardbeen attracted to a woman from a Western culture, this self-deception would have been muchharder to achieve, and to believe. Although it is customary in China to ... perception of reality, was selfdestructive since it led to Gallimard's eventual downfall.(Davis 6)The way Gallimard slipped into ruination by crossing the line of healthy fantasy into a world of false ... onlywhat we want to see, instead of what is actually occurring, we begin to enter into a very dangerousarea. When we begin to act on these illusions, however, we only add to the problem. In the playM....