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A 3 page essay/research paper that discusses how colonialism is viewed in three different works. Presentations of colonialism in novels and film can differ remarkably in their focus and perspective, and, in so doing, each work shows a different facet of the complex experience of colonized peoples and how European domination served to radically alter their lives, both during the era of colonialism and for generations to come. For example, Jamaica Kincaid's non-fiction commentary on her island home Antigua describes the observable and lingering effects of colonialism on the lives and psyches of this island people. Chinua Achebe, on the other hand, fictionalizes his comments on colonialism in Nigeria in his classic novel Things Fall Apart. Similarly, director Roland Joffe addresses the topic of colonialism in a fictionalized account of historical events in his 1986 film The Mission. No additional sources cited.
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of colonized peoples and how European domination served to radically alter their lives, both during the era of colonialism and for generations to come. For example, Jamaica Kincaids non-fiction commentary
on her island home Antigua describes the observable and lingering effects of colonialism on the lives and psyches of this island people. Chinua Achebe, on the other hand, fictionalizes his
comments on colonialism in Nigeria in his classic novel Things Fall Apart. Similarly, director Roland Joffe addresses the topic of colonialism in a fictionalized account of historical events in his
1986 film The Mission. Kincaids text expresses the authors extreme sense of frustration and anger on observing the corruption and degradation that pervades her homeland of Antigua. She
asks why Antigua does not have a decent library or hospital or school system and blames this situation largely on the lingering effects of colonialism. She observes that rather than
being free of colonialism since obtaining their independence, her fellow Antiguans "do to (themselves) the very things" that colonists used to do to them (Kincaid 36). Rather than reject the
effects of colonization, she feels that her fellow countrymen have the processes of "degradation and humiliation" into their daily lives (Kincaid 69). In this regard, Kincaid particularly focuses
on the development of an exploitative tourist industry in Antigua. Achebe takes a very different perspective than Kincaid in that he pictures native Nigerians in Things Fall Apart as
complicitous in the process of colonization due to weaknesses and inherent problems in the native culture. The protagonist of this novel, Okonkwo, is a traditional man, "one of the greatest
men in Umuofia" (Achebe 191). Okonkowos main concern is to see his culture persist and operate in the same manner as it has done in the past. Therefore, he does
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