Orientalism And Imperialism In Mcbryde's A Passage To India

Even though there are many articles show us much information at these times, the details may be so different from each other that the Colonial Era is still in mystery for most of us today. For instance, some of us may know the Native Americans as brutal and cruel people without understanding deeply about their life. Baily describes their life before the arrivals of the Europeans as a peaceful life and rich culture. He tells us that they have their own civilization from the organization of family and the country 1. The author also explores the foundation of new societies as bloody and costly ways when the Europeans from many countries came to Indian land. The evidence is that there are many terrifying encounter among these countries because of the conflict in building their own society

The general perception of the west as advanced and civilized, with the east as savage and illogical is one we see, but never notice, in movies and literary works regularly. With a common theme of colonialism/post-colonialism, two in particular are, Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and book one of “Midnights Children” by Salman Rushdie, “The Perforated Sheet”. Orientalist and colonial/post-colonial imagery is present throughout both Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and “The Perforated Sheet”. Though the plots of these two stories differ drastically, both are set in India around the time of colonialization/post-colonialization; showing components of orientalism.

The memoir starts with Orwell describing the tendency of defiance and disobedience that had grown in India since it became a British colony. Indeed, “the anti European feeling was very bitter” (256) among the native population. Orwell who was on the frontline of this crisis could testify about how “the young Buddhist priests who had nothing to do but jeer at Europeans” (256) were causing him trouble. However, as surprising as it is, Orwell himself is opposed to Imperialism. He thinks that for Imperialism to sustain, there is a “dirty job” of mistreating and terrorizing the natives on an everyday basis that policemen like him were responsible of. Imperialism seeks for imposing its conformity to the Indian population by gaining their compliance.

As India’s modernization developed, the entire civilization of India improved remarkably. The country’s improvement of civilization is exemplified through it’s establishment of schools and law. Western education was introduced by Britain and laws were well made with courts that enforce them. (Doc 3). One should take into account the speaker of this document because Romesh Dutt is an Indian like any other, yet he praises the British for what they have done to contribute to the development of India. In addition to these establishments is Britain bringing finer ideals of humanity to India. Infanticide, the killing of female babies, was brought to a halt as well as participation in the slave trade (Doc 5). Without the interference of Britain, these inhumane actions would be prevalent throughout India and the country would suffer from a bad reputation. These

The book points out many different attacks on Indian culture. John’s adoption, legal or not, by his kind but misguided parents demonstrates the tragedy that can come from cross-cultural adoption. The experiences of Marie’s cousin Reggie, who has the tapes of his family’s stories stolen and co-opted by Dr. Mather (who has convinced himself that he is doing the right thing because the find is anthropologically valuable) demonstrates the wrongs done by intellectuals who only view other cultures in terms of what they can learn from them. Truck Schultz and the three enraged college students demonstrate how quickly the underlying distrust of

Norman Heard presents a comprehensive analysis of white assimilation into Indian society. He takes into account a wide variety of factors, from home life to location of captivity to age. Indeed, any factor that could possibly be supposed in have bearing on assimilation is held up against the narratives themselves, thus enabling him to form his conclusions. This bases on the accounts themselves lends on objectivity to his suppositions and strengthens his arguments. His deductions are more valid for relying on the actual testimony of those who experienced capture by Indians. By presenting the reader with examples of some of these stories, the reader is able to see for himself whether or not there is a bases for Heard’s conclusions.

People reading this novel learned of the great culture clash of the white Eurocentric and the native Indian cultures. The natives didn’t understand nor want to conform to the new way of the Europeans. The same applied for the Europeans. Land was their objectives; the Native Americans were trying to maintain it while the

Bharathi Mukherjee’s later novels Jasmine(1989), The Holder of the World(1993) and Leave It to Me(1997) comprised her last creative phase conveniently termed here as the phase of immigration. By now she has travelled a long distance in terms of thematic perception and character portrayal. Beginning with an expatriate’s uprooted identity in the early 70’s, her creative faculty explored the transitional dilemma of characters in early 80’s, whose acculturation bids were occasionally thwarted by the complexity of cultural plurality in the adopted land. However, after the publication of The Middleman(1998), the process of cultural acclimatization appears to be complete and the characters betray the confidence of an immigrant, almost a naturalized citizen, in facing the challenges of human life.

Mr. Cook makes a strong case in his attempt to understand the causes and contributing factors behind the segregation along race, class and gender lines which were so prevalent in British ruled India, but also strictly observed within Britain and her other colonies. In “Conflicting Ideologies in British India, 1875-1900” he cites factors both specific to India, in particular the suppressed revolt of 1857, and those more external, like the “hardening racism” in Europe. The substantial losses, both financial and in human lives, associated with the revolt of 1857 resulted in a significant decline in trust and an increasing hesitancy to risk “antagonizing Indian sensibilities”. Since the revolt was viewed as retaliation for British attempts to Westernize India, this fearful reluctance to continue along the path previously envisioned by some which ultimately resulted in Britain’s empowerment, modernization and civilizing of the native Indians to a place of independent governance and administration, became less appealing but also served as additional justification for European society’s changing perception of race. The elite Anglicized Indians had not only dared to challenge British authority and administrative processes, but they had dared to utilize their Western teachings to do so. This clearly barbaric application of treasured knowledge, which the British perceived they had bestowed upon the fortunate Indians as a gift, was viewed as further proof of the inability to

(Richards, 301, 1994). In believing so vehemently that the British system was superior to the far inferior Hindu traditions, the British officers were essentially contravening the ideals of freedom that were an important element of the Western European political principles that they so wanted to instill in the Indian peoples.

The manner of how British imperialism was done atrocious, they had little regard for India’s feelings and seemed to be in India solely for the enjoyment of their superior power. The main historic meaning behind the British coming to the “rescue” was for trading. Seemingly not interested in the cultural value of India, the British only absorbed India's financial potential. Money had a major factor in the British's journey, although they also believed they had an obligation to all Indian people to share their superiority. Of course, our familiarity with the poem White man's Burden is undeniable. Even after being read so many times this poem always comes to the same conclusion, the British wanted someone to control. By eradicating the culture they controlled the Indian religion. By controlling the citizen’s goods they had authority over the money. By their promise of protection, they controlled all of

In many works of literature, especially those coming in Africa, Indian, Middle East, we meet characters who are struggling with their identities, culture, religions, submission of other people or country. As we can imagine when you analyze the novels from these countries as we cites the problem of characters are the same as: economic, political, cultural, and emotional effects that colonizer brought and left behind, these are called emotional trauma for the people of these nations cited. The literature asks the readers to enter a text through the post-colonial lens; the chart will help how the approach can be analyzed in reading of a text, the reader would look for the effects of colonialism and how the characters they addressed through of

Kipling demonstrates the control that whites exert over India in the novel Kim. During Kim's stay at the boarding school, he learns of the adventures of the other boys," who had spent a day and a half on an islet in the middle of a flooded river taking charge as by right of a camp of frantic pilgrims returning from a shrine" ( Kipling 125 2004). Kim's peers at school already exhibit leadership skills when they are able to take control of situations during natural disasters. The fact that a group of natives would obey 15 year old children in a such a situation is a testament to the power Europeans exert over natives. Kim and Mahbub are on the Grand Trunk Road and Kim wanted to continue of the adventure with Mahbub when Mahbub stated," What talk is this of us, Sahib?' Mahbub Ali returned, in the tone he used towards Europeans. ' I am a Pathan; thou art a Sahib and the son of a Sahib" ( Kipling 148 ). Kim is spoken to in a totally different way by Mahbub because of the fact that he is a Sahib. The Europeans were to be treated more respectfully by natives and this shows the rules that the British have imposed over the Indians. Kim and his Lama encounter porters on their trip through the mountains, Kim finds out the porters," judge India and its government solely from their experiences of wandering Sahibs who had employed them or their friends as shikarris" ( Kipling 257). The porters judge the country based not on their own people, or their princedoms but on the government the Europeans put in charge of India. The reason that India is judged based on Europeans is because of the power the have over the

This period was one of major change in Indian life and culture. While the East

E.M. Forster’s classic novel “A Passage to India” tells the story of a young doctor, Dr. Aziz, and his interactions with the British citizens who are residing in India during the time of the British Raj. Throughout the novel, the reader gets many different viewpoints on the people and the culture of India during this point in history. The reader sees through the eyes of the Indian people primarily through the character of Dr. Aziz, and the perceptions of the British through the characters of Mr. Fielding, Adela Quested, and Mrs. Moore. Through the different characters, and their differing viewpoints, the reader can see that Forster was creating a work that expressed a criticism that he held of the behavior of the British towards their Indian subjects.