illustrates how his position as an outsider allowed him to see the connections between different histories Resistance Against Imperial Narratives Said s position as an exile fueled his determination to challenge dominant imperial narratives He was critical of how Western literature often portrayed colonized peoples as inferior or uncivilized By calling Culture and Imperialism an exile s book he acknowledges that it was written from the perspective of someone who questions and resists these narratives Emphasis on Displacement and Hybridity Said was particularly attuned to themes of displacement and cultural hybridity as an exile He argues that borrowings and exchanges shape all cultures Said s emphasis on the hybridity of cultures is rooted in his own experience of being caught between different worlds He states The history of all cultures is the history of cultural borrowings Chapter Part In short Culture and Imperialism is aptly described as an exile s book It reflects his personal experience of displacement and his critical examination of imperialism s cultural impacts