ENGL 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Knitting, Ivory Trade
4 Feb 2017
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Romans were simply conquerors - used brute force. Modern colonies are doing more than just conquering - benefiting population, civilizing them. We are not blind conquerors , but they are - irony. Christianized them the way europeans did to the natives - forceful, etc. Just care more about profit rather than humanity. Europeans believed that they were on a different peak of civilization than the natives. Believe that natives are barbaric - think they will enhance their lives and turn them into people . Natives didn"t meet the european standard of humanity. Captain doesn"t understand how women can help him get a position but he actually gets one from his aunt. I should think the cause of progress got them [hands] . Ironic because this is what"s happening in the ivory trade, but on a smaller scale. P13 to hide his bonesa narrow and deserted street with .
