In George Orwell’s book Burmese Days, the relationship between the British colonizers and the Burmese/Indians that were colonized caused British Imperialism in Burma to eventually decline. The relationships between John Flory and Dr. Veraswami, Ellis with the Burmese/Indians and is used to explain the decline of the British’s role in Burma. The European Club played an important role in the British’s power and the relationships in book showed how the natives had trouble gaining power.The relationship between the English John Flory and the Indian Dr. Veraswami is a unique one because Flory treats in a friendly manner. Unlike many of his acquaintances, Flory is more open to Burmese culture and has different ideas about imperialism. Flory and Dr.Veraswami often talk about British imperialism and they both take opposite sides. Flory criticizes imperialism while Dr. Versawami is for the British’s control. Dr. Verasawami believes that the British are helping them and that imperialism has helped the people become more educated and civilized. This is an example of how Dr. Versawami had a negative view of the natives and upheld that British imperialism was beneficial for the people of Burma. Flory acknowledges that imperialism has negative impacts on the people of Burma but it is economically beneficial to him and the British. People like Dr. Veraswami that admired the British and believed that they were helping them with a “whole uprush of modern progress” supported imperialism in Burma. There were also people like Flory that believed that they were “not civilizing them, we’re only rubbing dirt on them.” (pg.35) As tension rises between the British and Burmese people more people start to acknowledge the negatives of imperialism. The rela…
…Kyin to prevent Dr. Veraswami from becoming a member of the club starts a riot and create tension between the British and the Burmese. These riots create greater hatred between the two groups especially the Burmese and this causes the British’s power to decay. The people are angry at the British and no longer believe that the British are doing more good than harm.
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Although British imperialism has technically ended the Common Wealth countries andFor example, although the French no longer own their colonies they can have direct control on certain aspects of their past colonies and they often still take advantage of these poorer countries. Furthermore, Burma has recently had troubles so analyzing the relationships between the colonizers and the colonized during its time as a British colony can allow us to better understand the current conflicts that are occurring.
