RACISM & COLONIALISM IN GEORGE ORWELL’S BURMESE DAYS

George Orwell, who was well known writer of the colonialism after publishing Burmese Days, Here in this play Orwell, tried to show effect of racism on societies. This research paper will focus on colonialism and racism in select play of Burmese Days. It will focus on how the British colonialism of Burma fostered racism, racial boundaries and ethnic divisions. It tries to show how racism was used as a tool by British colonialists to keep the colonizer’s identity, sense of superiority over the colonized, maintain racial boundaries and instill feelings of inferiority in order to control the colonized natives. Through this play Orwell tried to show superiority of colonizers on colonized people.

 

Keywords: Racism, Colonialism, Racial Boundaries, Exploitation, Hypocrisy and Postcolonial.


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