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A 7 page paper which examines what can be learned about imperialism, colonialism, and issues of identity as seen through readings of “An Open Letter to His Serene Majesty Leopold II” by Lesley Falls and “King Leopold's Soliloquy” by Mark Twain. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAleoii.rtf
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it has become quite clear that imperialism and colonialism of foreign nations have caused a great deal of damage to the identity of cultures and people for a variety of
reasons. For the most part the colonialists and imperialists entered into cultures they felt needed their help. They also entered into these cultures for other reasons that obviously involved the
strengthening of the invading peoples economy. Colonialism and imperialism, in short, have always forced their ways upon others with a very arrogant and patriarchal focus, believing they knew what was
best for cultures while taking what that cultures natural environment had to offer to bolster their own economy. The following paper examines two particular works, "An Open Letter to His
Serene Majesty Leopold II" by Lesley Falls and "King Leopolds Soliloquy" by Mark Twain, and discusses what one can learn about imperialism, colonialism, and identity from these works.
Imperialism, Colonialism, and Identity In "An Open Letter to His Serene Majesty Leopold II" by Lesley Falls we are presented with the pleas of
the author as they involve very specific problems in the Congo. The author is surely one who likes the notion of colonialism and of imperialism but does not thing that
Leopold is doing what he promised, or doing what he is supposed to be doing. Falls recites one who he says has been close to Leopold who apparently wrote a
letter to the United States wherein he reassured the United States that everything in the Congo was going well: "It may be safely asserted that no barbarous people have so
readily adopted the fostering care of benevolent enterprise, as have the tribes of the Congo, and never was there a more honest and practical effort made to increase their knowledge
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