Avatar is a movie about a guy who decided to take his brothers place in traveling to the distant world of Pandora. The reason of this mission was to exterminate the native humanoid "Na'vi" in order to obtain the precious materials found in their land. Hmmm.. lets see, doesnt imperialism mean the act of one nation gaining political or economic control over other countries? .. I think so!
So the Na'vis, after feeling threatened by the Earth people, defend themselves and their lands. The only reason the Earth people want to take over is for material, for their own economic advantage. Imperialism is very similar to that since sometimes the only reason a country takes over another and extends its authority is for its own econonmic growth.In Avatar, the Earth people use better machinery and better fighting techniques and are physically stronger and larger than the Na'vis. They take advantage of that, and destroy what they have and make them weaker than they already are and just make them surrender. A country is basically the same. Knowing that another country is weaker, it's takes advantage of it by attacking it and ruling it and putting it under its rules and regulations so therefore the country being attacked cant stop them or do anything about it and just accept it.
Imperialism can be either political, economic, and military. In this case, Avatar has economic imperialism and probably military imperialism.
Taking advantage of a weak country is not right. Soooo many countries practiced imperialism; Spain, U.S, Belgium, China, France, Russia, Germany, etc. The list can go on and on.
So, I hope now that when you watch Avatar, you actually pay more attention to the events and relate it to imperialism because it is VERY much alike and you'll be surprised by its similarities. Imperialism, whether it was just in movies, or in real life, is not right and it creates even more problems and wars and ruins the economy of the country being invaded. But bottom line, BULLYING IS NOT NICE.
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