Since the Congo was relatively unknown to most Europeans, Leopold II turned to Henry Morton Stanley, the man responsible for opening up Africa for colonization when he successfully crossed Africa from east to west. With Stanley’s help, it was possible for Belgium to colonize the central African country. Leopold II believed that a colony had to make money for the mother country. Unlike the other colonizing countries, he did not believe in investing in colonies to maintain them. For Leopold II, the end always justified the means, and the end was always money.
Colonization in Rwanda was beginning to have a negative effect on the people in the country. Both the Hutus and Tutsis, and even Twa were striving for control over the country, but since the Belgian’s had gained control over the country from Germany after WW1 they gave the rule over to the minority Tutsis. From the Belgian’s point of view, they thought that the Tutsis were more “white” looking and that was the reason why they gained control. On the other hand the majority Hutus weren’t getting nearly as many good things as the Tutsis were receiving. Hutus didn’t have the right to own land, or sustain a position in the government, and were denied higher education for the kids.
it shows that he is a legendary icon. Shaka land is a tourist attraction that shows Zulu hospitality. [Source O, Q & R] According to History Standards, he believed in fierce discipline and that men be put to death for the slightest fault and that resulted in people fearing and hating him. He went against his customs and abused his army, allowing his soldiers little time to rest and craving more and more power through his reign. While his people expected him to show kindness , he grew harder and harsher which eventually led to his own army and brother killing him.
He then establishes a system of forced labor that keeps the people of the Congo in a condition of slavery for ivory and rubber. So, we can deduce that the novel itself, its excerpt to Joseph Conrad’s The Heart of Darkness, and journalism within the Free Congo State portrayed the situation with the darkness it deserved. In the novel, Hochschild shines light on the darkness of the situation in Belgium Congo. Hochschild captures the essence of Leopold’s true intentions and the darkness of his nature when he says, “What mattered was the size of the profit. His drive for colonies, however, was shaped by a desire not only for money but for power”.
These European empires believed it was, “the white man’s burden” to civilize the people they called heathens and savages of these countries. However, as Imperialism was broken down, the question of whether or not European conquerors were ever in control remains. In “Shooting an Elephant”, George Orwell first reveals his opposition to imperialism. Then, through the parallels between the British Empire and a Burmese elephant and the action of shooting the elephant, Orwell points out the incomplete control of the British Empire over Burma which also represents the breakdown of imperialism. Although the author was working as a police officer for the British Emperor, he strongly opposed the idea of Imperialism.
Adanna Nwaro December 12, 2008 English, Pd.4 Mr. Forbes To Kill a Mockingbird Common Task In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows that Tom Robinson feels pressure from the society because of his strength and his race. This implies relationship between societal pressures and a character’s reactions. On page 196 he is pressured in court, by Mr. Gilmer who accuses him of raping Mayella with specific and gruel questions. During Tom Robinson’s trial, Mr. Gilmer points out that Robinson is good at busting up chiffarobes and he tries to force Tom into admitting he raped Mayella. Mr. Gilmer says, “Strong enough to choke a breath out of a woman and sling her to the floor.” This shows that Tom Robinson is pressured
So when he landed his men, who were on the verge of revolt, proceeded to rape pillage and destroy the Natives, quite literally killing and torturing thousands. Also the plagues brought by the Europeans caused further chaos. These Europeans, who lived in tight packed cities compared to the Naives, were disease resistant.
The story Marriage is a Private Affair by Chinua Achebe has a villain named Okeke. His stolid look on things made it hard for him to keep an amicable relationship with his son. Harrison Bergeron’s, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., villain would be The H-G men. They go to extreme actions to provide equality. The Judges in The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe are considered villains because of how they torture innocent civilians.
He slowly discovers through his observations that “business” in the Congo and his ideas of how his own “civilized” world is actually the savage one. The hypocrisy lies in the fact that the European’s attitudes towards the Congo’s inhabitants were that they were uncivilized and that the white man’s purpose there was to bring culture to their land. A true to life “white man’s burden” if you will. The rhetoric used throughout by the story’s characters make it abundantly clear what their ill-conceived notions of the colonized lands were and what their
A movie called Blood Diamond that shows the bloody story behind the “precious stones” in Africa. According to the messy situation in Africa, there are two types of armies due to the anarchy: the one is the Government Army and the other one is the Revolution Army (Campino). For terrorist organizations, diamonds are viewed as an ideal currency, due to the traditional closed nature of the diamond industry. They use diamonds to trade with buyers to get weapons and equipment. The way they get the diamonds is by slaughtering villages and capturing young men to excavate diamonds.