Clearly, Fielding goes to great lengths to convince Aziz that India will never become a united nation. Fielding and Forster denounce colonisation yet they simultaneously gain privilege from it, and this explains the contradiction in their attitudes towards colonisation.
The scene of the boats promises a fresh start, a form of rebirth, for Aziz and Fielding. It coincides with the festival of Shri Krishna in which the whole world is delivered from their pains and sorrow. The boats collide and capsize (p.310). Water in Jungian psychology symbolises birth-death-resurrection. It also symbolises purification and redemption. To Jung, rivers also symbolise “death and rebirth (baptism)” (Guerin 1979:157-58). The fall of the characters into the water becomes a sort of rebirth. They ‘die’ and are born again. They lose their “doubt” and “sorrow” and are “saved” or “baptised” as if by Shri Krishna. “After the funny shipwreck there had been no more nonsense or bitterness, and they went back laughingly to their old relationship as if nothing had happened.” Aziz also forgives Adela (p.311).
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Fielding’s criticism of the British imperialist colonisers, of their racism and of the fear they base their regime upon is clearly evident in the novel. Based on inequality and racism, colonisation frustrates any attempts towards having a friendship between Aziz and Fielding. “[P]ersonal relations cannot be perfectly achieved because the barriers that are there cannot be easily overcome …. The idea of unity cannot therefore be adapted to reality.” Forster “does not end up as a pessimist for, though in the present time and space these obstacles may come in, there is hope in the future” (Satin
The scene of the boats promises a fresh start, a form of rebirth, for Aziz and Fielding. It coincides with the festival of Shri Krishna in which the whole world is delivered from their pains and sorrow. The boats collide and capsize (p.310). Water in Jungian psychology symbolises birth-death-resurrection. It also symbolises purification and redemption. To Jung, rivers also symbolise “death and rebirth (baptism)” (Guerin 1979:157-58). The fall of the characters into the water becomes a sort of rebirth. They ‘die’ and are born again. They lose their “doubt” and “sorrow” and are “saved” or “baptised” as if by Shri Krishna. “After the funny shipwreck there had been no more nonsense or bitterness, and they went back laughingly to their old relationship as if nothing had happened.” Aziz also forgives Adela (p.311).
The fall into the river generates a paradise-like …show more content…
Fielding’s criticism of the British imperialist colonisers, of their racism and of the fear they base their regime upon is clearly evident in the novel. Based on inequality and racism, colonisation frustrates any attempts towards having a friendship between Aziz and Fielding. “[P]ersonal relations cannot be perfectly achieved because the barriers that are there cannot be easily overcome …. The idea of unity cannot therefore be adapted to reality.” Forster “does not end up as a pessimist for, though in the present time and space these obstacles may come in, there is hope in the future” (Satin