Thinking Activity:-
Robinson Crusoe is a novel written by Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe leaves the island 19 December 1686 and arrives in England on 11 June 1687. Robinson follows Christianity and he becomes colonizer on the island. Robinson Crusoe stands for the english imperialism, capitalism and more specifically the Colonialism. Robinson left his motherland in quest of fortune which is one of the prime motto of english colonization. Robinson Crusoe represents a prototype of a culture, a religion, and an ideology. In the Context of A Grain of Wheat. How is the Native represented by colonizers? Do a character study of Friday in Robinson Crusoe. Throughout the history of mankind, there has always been an individual or a group of individuals who have deemed himself to be superior. This master-slave relationship has occurred skin colour. Friday is slave and Crusoe is his master. This relationship has also occurred in A Grain of Wheat. Britain is ruled upon Kenyan people. English people and the English language are strongly used, therefore, natives civilization does not understand the English language. Negros was a black people of Africa and people was a master. Englishman has sold African people as a thing. During the 1930s, the first colonial laws were authorized formally establishing the institution of slavery. In the context of A Grain of Wheat, both the colonizer and the colonized feel morally justified in their pursuits, colonialism is ultimately an immoral and oppressive practice, justifying the colonized people’s struggle for freedom, even through violent means. The British, in the expansion of their empire, seek to modernize Kenya with technology and government.
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