Brutality, Injustice And Rebellion

Brutality, Injustice And Rebellion

Both the novels provide an interesting perspective on revolution and demonstrate a period of brutality, injustice and rebellion. The 'Kingdom of this world' by Alejo Carpentier accounts the Haitian Revolution and the destruction of the black regime, while 'Mother of 1084' narrates the suppression of the Naxalites in Bengal. Also both texts focus more on the rebellion against the revolution than the revolution itself. The interesting fact about Carpentiers text is that he goes against the general assumption of slaves as victims and through his characters, particularly Ti Noel, Macandal, and Bouckman presents slaves who are rebellious and powerful. On the contrary he portrays the Europeans as self–indulgent and cowards. Several accounts of revolutions in the past have silenced slave rebellions and exalted the colonial enterprise but Carpentier did not suppress the voices of the slave and presents his story from the perspective of slaves. He also privileges African beliefs and cultural practices like Voodoo spiritualism, thereby sanctioning African belief systems. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...'It is a technique where magic shares an equal coexistence with the real so that together they create a possibility even when they may appear as natural contradictions to each other.' (Sabanpan–Yu). This is particularly interesting because he opposes how history is told. Within the realm of this magical realism slaves are dominant and the colonizers are struggling to keep their power. He portrays this through the character of Macandal who is shown to have mystical power to change forms into animals. His character represents the slave rebellion and he embodies the magic that tampers with the

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