The Negative Impact Of Colonization On Saul's Family

Colonization has had many negative impacts on Saul’s family. This is demonstrated by the way the author describes and portrays Saul’s mother. It is clear from the story that she is unhappy with the way she is being forced to live, and the events occurring with her loved ones around her. For example, having her kids taken away, and brought to the school by the Zhaunagush (white men), for any mother this is already a tragic situation. In the story, Saul states “it was the school that had turned my mother so far inward she sometimes ceased to exist”. (9) This shows the depression that Saul’s mother now has, was brought upon her by the decisions of the Zhaunagush by colonization. Secondly, I believe that colonization caused fear on Saul’s family