Through the era of colonization, several powerful European countries like France and Great Britain colonized the Caribbean Islands. On account of the Europeans settlement in these beautiful islands, they established a different cultural system among the Caribbean population. After the independence of the Caribbean land mass, a conflict between civilians occurred as the leaders have changed, this change created an unjust, and a cruel exercise of authority among numerous innocent citizens. Edwidge Danticat’s novel, Krik? Krak!, and Austin Clarke’s text, Growing Up Stupid Under the Union Jack, illustrate oppression of a higher authority towards lower individuals. The social performance of inserting restrictions on an individual is a pitiless action.…show more content… Being unable to fight back is such a horrible emotion. Danticat's novel, all through Papa Doc’s dictatorship in Haiti, countless innocent lives were taken away. Savage soldiers force its state’s citizens to do such horrid acts to their family. They make children become intimate with their parents. If the child disobeys the imbecile soldier, he or she will get a bullet in the head. Moreover, Macoute soldiers shoot people with their machine guns for no adequate reason. The soldiers seems to be amused in doing what they are doing, because no one else has the power to prevent them from doing so. All power is within the Duvalier military’s hands with their machine weaponries, “the soldiers can come and do with us what they want” (Danticat, 13). Clarke's text, everyone is expecting the little boy to become a doctor, because they think that being a doctor as a profession is good. Being a doctor will make people respect you. Respect because he became a doctor as what his town already labelled him as what he should be in the future. The village objectifies Clarke's future. Does the boy even want to pursue that profession? Nobody seems to ask what the boy really wants to do in his life instead everyone is diviating him to do such thing, that he doesn't even think of doing. Even his mother tells him, "imaging greater things. "I want you to be a doctor, hear?"" (Clarke, 161). Despite the oppression everyone is…show more content… Danticat's novel, demonstrate several horrific events that the soldiers do. The soldiers are aware of the power they posses, and they sure take advantage of it. Soldiers are savages they "held a gun to Lionel's head and ordered him to lie down and become intimare with his mother...When they were done, they arrested Lionel, accusing him with moral crimes" (Danticat, 23). The poor harmless civilians have to live with a corupted gouvernmental system as they continue to stay in Port-Au-Prince. There's not a lot of people who's fortunate enough to posses money to be able to move out the state. Only few are fortunate enough to be able to buy their life for an unpredictable amount of time. Some families tries to move to Ville Rose as fast as they can, a civilized state, where everything would be better. Clarke's text, educational institutions are run by a British system. Teachers must be named with the proper title such as ‘Sir’, or ‘Miss’ to show respect. When given an authority to speak, the student must stand up to give an appropriate discussion with the rest of the group. All students are required to dress in proper uniforms to be able to go to school similar to London school regulations. If school dress code is violated, a punishment is given to the student who disobeyed the establishment’s regulations. Moreover, teachers enforce students to learn in their way, they teach them strictly, one of
