To the Person Sitting in Darkness
To the Person Sitting in Darkness is a 1901 essay by American author Mark Twain. It is a satirical attack on Western imperialism, as manifested in the Philippine-American War, the Boxer Rebellion, and the Boer War.
The essay is written in the form of an open letter to the "Person Sitting in Darkness," a representative of the colonized peoples who were subjected to Western imperialism. Twain begins by describing the benefits that the West claims to bring to the colonized peoples, such as Christianity, civilization, and commerce. He then proceeds to deconstruct these claims, exposing the hypocrisy and brutality of Western imperialism.
Twain argues that the West's true motives in colonizing other peoples are greed and lust for power. He points out that the West has exploited the colonized peoples for their resources, enslaved them, and committed atrocities against them.
Twain's essay is a powerful indictment of Western imperialism. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of colonialism, the Philippine-American War, or Mark Twain's work.
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The essay is written in the form of an open letter to the "Person Sitting in Darkness," a representative of the colonized peoples who were subjected to Western imperialism. Twain begins by describing the benefits that the West claims to bring to the colonized peoples, such as Christianity, civilization, and commerce. He then proceeds to deconstruct these claims, exposing the hypocrisy and brutality of Western imperialism.
Twain argues that the West's true motives in colonizing other peoples are greed and lust for power. He points out that the West has exploited the colonized peoples for their resources, enslaved them, and committed atrocities against them.
Twain's essay is a powerful indictment of Western imperialism. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of colonialism, the Philippine-American War, or Mark Twain's work.
Mark Twain
Mark Twain [mɑɹk tweɪn], nom de plume de Samuel Langhorne Clemens, né le 30 novembre 1835 à Florida dans le Missouri (États-Unis) et mort le 21 avril 1910 à Redding dans le Connecticut (États-Unis), est un écrivain, essayiste et humoriste nord américain.
Après avoir fait une carrière de militaire, été imprimeur et journaliste chez les mineurs du Nevada, il se fait connaître par son roman Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer (1876) et sa suite, Les Aventures de Huckleberry Finn (1884).
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