Colonialism and Imperialism Exposed in Shooting an Elephant and Heart o

Destructive Colonization Exposed in shaft an Elephant and rawness of Darkness As a man is captured, his offset instinct is to try and break free from his shackles and chains. Primal urges much(prenominal) as this often accompany humans when they are forced, as in capture, to imprecate on their most basic instincts to survive. In this manner, naturals in Africa acted upon instinct when the Europeans arrived to pull in their land and freedom. The short story Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell and the novel feel of Darkness by Joseph Conrad revolve around the time when colonialism had a ground in many parts of the world. This setting is one of conflict with the native peoples in these countries who are fighting and rebelling against the colonizers. Building upon this, both authors instill in the protagonists a sense of the wrongs they, as an extension of colonialism, are doing. In Shooting an Elephant and the Heart of Darkness there is an ongoing struggle between ships c ompany and natives which leads the main character to realize the destructive nature of colonization. Each take a shit is littered by destruction that comes in the forms of a control all over the native population a need to keep order among the closure and a mental destruction incurred from having views opposed to the ruling governments. That separately book denounces colonization is no surprise but each lay a conflict to make clear the protagonists struggle. In Shooting an Elephant, this conflict is between George Orwell and the natives over an unruly elephant, and in The Heart of Darkness the conflict is between Marlow and happenings on the river Congo. Walking into such a wilderness must have been harrowing for even the toughest of individuals, however, with a g... ...aging such as the ones experienced by Orwell and Marlow serve to remind of the dangers of absolute strength in the hands of any man. These works illustrate the need to free cultures to thrive and be differe nt from the more powerful and influential bodies on the earth. Orwell and Marlow tell their stories in order to explain how they realized the truth intimately corruptive government as far back as the nineteenth Century. This should serve as a reminder now as a new age dawns upon mankind, where everything can be bought and sold. The basic message is the same, however, that we recitation power destructively to avoid looking like fools. Works Cited Orwell, George, Shooting An Elephant. Ed. Messenger, W.E., A 20th Century Anthology. Scarborough Prentice-Hall Canada Inc., 1984 Conrad, Joseph, The Heart of Darkness. Toronto Bantam Books, November 1987