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In three pages the civil war in Bougainville (Papua, New Guinea) is examined within the context of Lloyd Jones’ novel, with ethnicity, resources, war, and nation states among the topics addressed. Four sources are listed in the bibliography.
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they escalate into either/or propositions with independence being won or lost in the outcome, and political and social oppression for the individuals caught in the crossfire in between. For
the nation states of the Pacific, these conflicts have existed ever colonialism threatened to overtake their cherished island traditions. As a journalist, New Zealand-born Lloyd Jones covered the ongoing
struggle for independence that was taking place in Papua New Guinea (PNG) during the 1980s. His wartime experiences in Bougainville inspired the 2006 novel, Mister Pip, in which the
civil war is presented mostly through the observations of a young girl named Matilda. Although Matilda and her classmates sought to escape the brutal realities of the civil war
in their teacher Mr. "Pop Eye" Watts telling of Charles Dickens Great Expectations, their own story tells an equally compelling tale of how expectations can lead to war in even
the most peace loving of countries. Ethnicity and resources are believed to be at the root of the Bougainville conflict. The mungkas (black Bougainvilleans) were historically pacifistic (Stratigos and
Hyndman 59). For them, the white man was the minority, the cultural oddity. Matilda explains, "When our ancestors saw the first white they thought they were looking at
ghosts or maybe some people who had just fallen into bad luck. Dogs sat on their tails and opened their jaws to await the spectacle. The dogs thought
they were in for a treat. Maybe these white people could jump backwards or somersault over trees. Maybe they had some spare food. Dogs always hope for
that" (Jones 5). Teacher Mr. Watts was an anomaly for the islanders because he was the lone remaining white man in Bougainville. However, although ethnic tensions between black
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