Analysis Of The Story 'Nectar In A Sieve'

From the story “Nectar in a sieve” and History, both texts show aspects of imperialism. With the Relationship between Empirical nations such as European countries and lesser nations such as Africans and Indians. From Nectar in a Sieve imperialization is told from the perspective of a Indian Women Rukmani. The relationship between Rukmani and Kenny reflects the social aspects of Imperialism and the people they take over which their interactions are similar to the racial conflicts that happened in historical text notably when European nations imperialized other countries such as Africa and India.

For instance Kenny’s View of the Indians represents the Imperialistic perspective as he converses with Rukmani with the quote “You simplify everything being without understanding. Your views are so limited it is impossible to explain to you. (106) In this quote
Kenny views the Indians as helpless and ignorant people, in history Imperializers also view themselves higher than those they imperialized. Kenny wants to implant a hospital to help people, in history the Imperialists also introduced modern technology into Africa which brought benefits to the people who lived there but mainly it was only to help the Imperialist gain better control of Africa, although Kenny only wanted to help people, it is important to remember that the British tannery also ruined lives in the village. Lastly Kenny couldn’t understand the ways of the Indian people, he never understood their ways of dealing with hardship which is also like when the British could not understand that their new weapon tactics went against Hinduism which caused their Indian soldiers to rebel against them. The amount of evidence proves that the interactions of Rukmani and Kenny reflects the social dynamics of imperialism and their relationship is much like the relationship between European Imperialists and the people they