Comments-on-Marrakech耿露

CommentsonMarrakechMarrakechisatypicalexpositionportrayingthemiserablelifeofnativepeopleinMarrakech,Morocco.Thethemeofthearticleistodenouncethewickednessofcolonialism.Theauthordisplaysaseriesofscenesrevealingdifferentkindsofsufferingsnativepeopleundergoneincolony.Theorganizationofthisarticleisloose.TherearefivescenesdescribingthemiserableconditionofpeopleinMarrakech.Byusingconcise,impressiveandvividdictions,theauthorsucceedinshowingthosescenesofpeople'ssufferingsandstrugglesincolonybeforeoureyes.Thefirstscenetalksabouttheburial.Theauthorgivesusdetailedintroductionofthewholeprocessofburial.Thecorpsesarewrappedinapieceofragandcarriedonaroughwoodenbier.Thenmournersjustdigasmallholeanddumpthebodyinitandflyingoveritalittleofthedried-uplumpyearth.Theseriesofverbs,andthedescriptionsofrag,bierandburying-groundshowpeople'scarelessanddisrespecttothedeath.Fliesalsoareappliedtorevealthepoorhealthyconditioninthisarea.ThesecondsceneistalkingaboutanArabnavvybeggingforapieceofbread.Hesidledslowlytowardstheauthorandshowedgreatamazementwhenhesawtheauthorgavebreadtothegazelleforhehadneverhadsuchtreatment.Bycomparison,itimpliesthatpeopleincolonyaretreatedworsethananimals.Inaddition,theauthorrefersthatthemanisanemployeeofthemunicipality.Peoplewhohavejobcan'tgetenoughfood.Whataboutthejobless?ThethirdonetellsusabouttheJews'miserablelife.WecanknowthepoorlivingandworkingconditionofJewsfromthispart.Besides,theauthordisplaysJews'strongdesireforacigarettewhentheauthorwaslightingacigarette.InstantlytherewasafrenziedrushofJews,clamouringforacigarette.Evenablindmancamecrawlingout,gropingintheairwithhishand.Throughthisdetaildescription,wecanknowhowluxuriousacigaretteisforJewsalthoughnobodyamongthemworkslessthantwelvehours.Thefourthsceneisabouttheoldwomen.Theauthorusescomparisonbetweenoldwomenandthedonkey.Theyarebothinvisiblewithtinyfingersandover-loaned.Theonlydifferenceisthatpeoplewillfeelsorryforthedonkey'streatmentbutneverfortheoldwomen.Itimpliesagainthathumanbeingsaretreatingmorebadlythananimalsincolony.ThelastscenetalksabouttheNegrosoldiers.Bydescribingtheirsecond-handdressesandtheexampleoftheyoungsoldierwhowasforcedtoscrubfloorsandcatchsyphilisingarrisontowns.Wehavealreadyknownhowevilandcruelthecolonialismis.Thefivescenesrevealpeople'ssufferingsandstrugglesforthesakeofcolonialism.Eventhoughtheauthordoesn'tdenouncecolonialisminliteral,butwecanknowexactlyhiscondemnationandfurytoit.