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A 4 page essay-- Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels (1726) and Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (1902), while very different in style and substance, are novels that address the corrupting influence of imperialism. Swift frames his observations within the context of fantasy and Conrad pictures the graphic reality of the Belgium Congo; however, each author makes the point that the rationalizations of Europeans justifying colonialism are false and that imperialism is dehumanizing and cruel. No additional sources cited.
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influence of imperialism. Swift frames his observations within the context of fantasy and Conrad pictures the graphic reality of the Belgium Congo; however, each author makes the point that the
rationalizations of Europeans justifying colonialism are false and that imperialism is dehumanizing and cruel. Swift turns European attitudes toward imperialism upside down in part II of Gullivers Travels when
Gulliver is in the land of the giant Brobdingnagians, who use their enormous power over him, first of all, to exploit him. The first giant who takes possession of Gulliver
makes money by showing him for a fee in various Brobdingnagian towns. They eventually arrive in the capital city of Lorbrulgrud, which means "Pride of the Universe" in the native
language (Swift part II chapter II). As this illustrates, Swift was parodying European ethnocentrism, which pictured Western civilizations are superior to any in the world. The only difference between
Gulliver and the giants is size. Yet, due to this one physical dimension, the giants assume that they are justified in treating Gulliver as a pet/slave. They rename him Gridrig,
show him for money, keep him in captivity and question whether or not he is truly intelligent. While Gulliver is at the royal court, the king calls in noted scholars
who assure the king that Gulliver is merely a trained animal and that the farmer, from which Gulliver was obtained, had trained him well (Swift part II chapter II). It
is only after the king dismisses the scholars and calls back the farmer to hear his testimony on the matter that the king finally begins to think that Gulliver could
truly be an intelligent being. This debate parodies and parallels the discussions in Europe during this time as to whether or not Africans were truly intelligent or simply good
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