Postcolonial, Why? Postcolonial is studied to help gain a better understanding of the consequences of having control and about the economic exploitation of native people and their lands have on the rest of the world or one selves. Two theories that is demonstrated is the control and exploitation of others are diaspora and oppression. These postcolonial themes are found in literature works like The Epic of Gilgamesh, The Tempest, and Heart of Darkness and they exemplify the interdependence between the two theories. Diaspora refers to the displacement of others either by force or by choice and oppression is to deprive someone of their voice and power. The story of Gilgamesh starts with oppression because “Gilgamesh was a tyrant to his people”
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Marlow was a sailor that accepted a job with The Company to go on a journey through the Congo River to meet and bring back Kurtz, who is one of their valued post commander who became sick. Once Marlow gets to the first station he realized the -Belgium’s served as a colonizer that forces the natives of the Congo to give up their power and control. The natives were forced to work long workdays while receiving harsh treatment (Conrad 1990) all the while the white men were the ones that controlled the sources, food, and day to day activities. Since the natives became slaves, they were migrated into a camp that sat at the stations to have better control of them. The white men believed that physical punishment was “the only way. This will prevent all conflagrations for the future” (Conrad 1990) physically ripping the power away from the natives because of the retaliation they were getting. Kurtz also used oppression to gain power over the natives by putting heads on sticks of those who did not obey him. But moving into the inner station Kurtz adapted the Africans ways and began to become one of them. The story shows that the company’s workers always struggled against the native people even though they were using physical oppression they will always resist one way or
Marlow was a sailor that accepted a job with The Company to go on a journey through the Congo River to meet and bring back Kurtz, who is one of their valued post commander who became sick. Once Marlow gets to the first station he realized the -Belgium’s served as a colonizer that forces the natives of the Congo to give up their power and control. The natives were forced to work long workdays while receiving harsh treatment (Conrad 1990) all the while the white men were the ones that controlled the sources, food, and day to day activities. Since the natives became slaves, they were migrated into a camp that sat at the stations to have better control of them. The white men believed that physical punishment was “the only way. This will prevent all conflagrations for the future” (Conrad 1990) physically ripping the power away from the natives because of the retaliation they were getting. Kurtz also used oppression to gain power over the natives by putting heads on sticks of those who did not obey him. But moving into the inner station Kurtz adapted the Africans ways and began to become one of them. The story shows that the company’s workers always struggled against the native people even though they were using physical oppression they will always resist one way or