Koolau, the leper
J. London is said to express the superiority of the white race. How much does “Koolau, the leper” confirm or oppose this statement?
Jack London is one of the greatest authors in the American literature. In his short story “Koolau, the leper” he talks about the conflicts between the natives and the white people which lasted a long time. It talks about the faith of Koolau, the leper who did everything he could to keep his freedom.
I do think that this story confirms the statement that Jack London expresses the superiority of the white race. Even from the beginning when Koolau talks to the members of his tribe about what happened to them we can see that they suffered a terrible faith because of the white people. We understand that the white people took the lands of the Indians and exiled them. The white people came to their land saying that they preached the word of God and they that preached the word of Rum and gradually took their lands and forced them to work on them without getting anything from that. When they refused to work they brought Chinese slaves and now all the Indians caught the Chinese sickness. They started living at the head of the Kalalau Valley because it was the most unreachable place. But even this didn’t last for long because most of the story is consisted of descriptions about the fights between them. The white people come in order to capture Koolau, but he really appreciates his freedom and doesn’t want to give it up. So he fights against him with all him forces, when at the end after a six week chase they finally give up. After being left alone he lives his life for two more years as a free man to die alone only with his rifle in his fingerless hands.
Thus, we can see that the superiority of the white race is shown in many different details, from taking the land, to having Chinese slaves, to even wanting to kill the natives. This states the the superiority of the white race on this islands is great and they deprive people from their
Jack London is one of the greatest authors in the American literature. In his short story “Koolau, the leper” he talks about the conflicts between the natives and the white people which lasted a long time. It talks about the faith of Koolau, the leper who did everything he could to keep his freedom.
I do think that this story confirms the statement that Jack London expresses the superiority of the white race. Even from the beginning when Koolau talks to the members of his tribe about what happened to them we can see that they suffered a terrible faith because of the white people. We understand that the white people took the lands of the Indians and exiled them. The white people came to their land saying that they preached the word of God and they that preached the word of Rum and gradually took their lands and forced them to work on them without getting anything from that. When they refused to work they brought Chinese slaves and now all the Indians caught the Chinese sickness. They started living at the head of the Kalalau Valley because it was the most unreachable place. But even this didn’t last for long because most of the story is consisted of descriptions about the fights between them. The white people come in order to capture Koolau, but he really appreciates his freedom and doesn’t want to give it up. So he fights against him with all him forces, when at the end after a six week chase they finally give up. After being left alone he lives his life for two more years as a free man to die alone only with his rifle in his fingerless hands.
Thus, we can see that the superiority of the white race is shown in many different details, from taking the land, to having Chinese slaves, to even wanting to kill the natives. This states the the superiority of the white race on this islands is great and they deprive people from their