The Speech of Moses Bon Saam

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among the subjects. He intended to inspire and confirm that the subjects have the same mental capacities as their oppressors; yet lack the opportunity and training. The passage reaffirmed the insecurity and low self-esteem the Imperialists imprinted onto the subjects. This essential passage was necessary to the re-affirmation of the Natives self-worth.
Boon Saam introduces a paradox when he emphasizes the importance of practicing Christianity. In the following excerpt, “… I discover’d, in the holiest of all Books, in the Fountain of white Men’s Religion; I discover’d there, with a mixture of Amazement and prophetic Joy,”(p.654). It is difficult to comprehend the reasons behind the subjects abandoning their indigenous religion, to follow Christianity. Through the adoption of the oppressor’s ideologies, the subject is merely decimating any chance of formulating a distinctive cultural identity; that same cultural identity is pertinent in their liberation. The ...

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and resources reigned as the superior culture. The Israeli’s have been successful against the Palestinian forces due to their nuclear warheads and advanced weaponry that is exported from the west. As a result, a minute nation is holding off immense opposition from Palesetenian forces, and surrounding Middle Eastern countries. The nation with the more advanced technology will prevail, despite its population size. From the context of Bon Saam’s work, the expansion of the English empire is attributed to a broad education, superior technology, and a strong economic presence around the world. The utilization of the enemy’s resources would be impossible; consequently, the speaker should ...

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