Imperialism In The Movie Avatar

Some might say imperialism is a great thing to use when one country needs resources, but all it does is destroy culture, homes, and families in the country with the resources. A country will go to any extent to get what they want, whether that is burning down a tree or destroying people’s lives. The age of Imperialism was roughly 1870-1914, and countries used extreme force to get what they want without thinking about how their actions will affect the other country. Imperialism is shown in the movie Avatar, directed by James Cameron in 2009. The Na’vi, the blue avatars, have a valuable resource called Unobtainium; Unobtainium is worth $20 million per kilo. The mother country, the human side, doesn’t have access to it head on, so they decided to create “the avatar program”. “The avatar program” was used to transform the sky people, or the humans, into an avatar. The sky people used this program to learn more about the resource, the Na’vi, and how they should go about getting the unobtainium. There was a moment in time when Europe, under the rule of King …show more content…
The sky people wanted unobtainium from the Na’vi, and they created their own beneficial ways of getting it. The sky people used “the avatar program” to get an inside look at the enemy. They tried to find out where the unobtainium was stashed and how to get to it. Once they gained the Na’vi’s trust, the sky people decided it was time to attack them with the knowledge they received from the spy on the inside. When the Na’vi found out about the program, it ruined what the trust that was given to the “sky people’s avatar”. The Na’vi began to prepare for war, but because they didn’t trust the traitor, the sky people ended up destroying their home tree. The sky people demolished the home and the land of the Na’vi just so they could have the unobtainium for themselves to get rich off