Postcolonialism In Lord Of The Flies

lives in the twentieth century were Dutch Colonialism had control of the Javanese. The Europeans thought that they were superior above others and they would have more rights and power over the native people. The book Dangerous Liaisons: Gender, Nation, and Postcolonial Perspectives by Anne McClintock has good point when it mentions that “The colonial politics of exclusion, was contingent on constructing categories: legal and social classifications designation who was “white,” who was “native”, who could become a citizen rather than a subject, which children were legitimate progeny, and which were not (Dangerous Liaisons, 345). This illustrates that natives were looked down upon the Europeans, it also highlights the point where the children who had mixed blood relied on their father for their statues. In this novel with there are any moments where Minke and Nyai along with Annelies, and Robert face many difficulties in the life just because they are having native blood in the veins. Robert is not so accepting of the fact that he is part native because of his mother Nyai and his dad is European making his anger emerge. Meanwhile Annelies has accepted the fact that she is native and does get bothered by it. In the novel, there is a part they Minke and Annelies were outside talking about Robert and how he hates everything native and does not really have a close relationship with his mother and sister. In the conversation Annelies brings up a story about …show more content…
Educated by the Dutch, you’ve become a Dutch, A brown Dutchmen, acting this way. Perhaps you’ve become a Christian” (this Earth,130). Mink goes on to defend himself and