ANALYZING VIOLENCE BEHIND THE SO-CALLED CIVILIZING MISSIONOF COLONIZERS IN KAMILA SHAMSIE’S NOVEL A GOD IN EVERY STONE

Abstract

This article explores the violence behind the civilizing mission of British colonizers in Kamila
Shamsie’s novel A God in Every Stone. British colonizers after the demise of colonialism do not
conquer the lands and territories of people directly but they are using different policies to make
them subjugated and the mission of civilizing the nations is one of them. They opine that
civilizing the nations is a moral duty of white race assigned to them by God. But in the guise of
this mission, their clandestine motive is to become supreme all over the world. This article
clearly reveals how British colonizers become violent in their attitude toward natives in the
pretext of civilizing mission.