Imperialism In Avatar

Kaltxi! Imperialism is the state policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and domination especially by direct territorial acquisition of by gaining political and economic control of other areas. The age of Imperialism was the 1870’s. Mother countries such as France, Great - Britain, Germany, Spain, Italy and Portugal took over Africa during Imperialism. Imperialism is mostly seen as a negative thing because it involves the use of power with military force and international propaganda. Avatar, a movie directed by James Cameron, was a movie portraying Imperialism negatively. Made in December of 2009; humans go to Pandora to obtain unobtanium and destroy the Home Tree. Avatar includes militaristic incentive to exert control and

The humans paid ex-marines and soldiers from America to mine the unobtainium that is on Pandora. Economically, the mother countries gained unobtanium, a valuable resource unavailable to the mother country (in this case the mother planet) from Pandora. It is a resource with $20 million per kilogram. With assimilation (a process by which a person or a group’s language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group) or destruction of culture, the purpose of “The Avatar Program” in Pandora was basically just something to justify the presence of the humans on Pandora obtaining unobtainium. They used their program as an excuse to be on the planet. Showing destruction of culture, the humans destroyed the Na’vi’s Home Tree.

Avatar, directed by James Cameron, made in 2009, was a great movie about humans attempting to obtain unobtainium from the Avatar planet Pandora. It used militaristic elements such as military and navy. It also corresponded to what the “mother countries” get out of getting the unobtainium, and lastly they used “The Avatar Program” to justify their presence on the planet. In the close ending of the movie, the humans end up destroying the Home Tree to show