failed dream of becoming a gentleman without labour or wealth What history does Great Expectations reveal Ans Links between England and Australia a white colony through characters like Magwitch When and why was Australia made a penal colony Ans In the late th century to send England s excess criminals there Where is Conrad s Nostromo set Ans In an independent Central American republic rich in silver What does Nostromo forecast Ans Ongoing unrest and misrule in Latin America Why is Conrad a precursor of Western views of the Third World Ans He shows it for Western judgment or exotic enjoyment What view does Nostromo offer Ans A harsh view that inspired anti-imperialist writers like Greene and Naipaul How does Said see the present world Ans Neither fully pessimistic nor optimistic all views involve power and interest What surprising changes have occurred in Western cities Ans Many non-white immigrants now demand their voices be heard Why does Said comment on studying imperialism and culture Ans They must be studied as connected not as separate or fixed How is India shown in Kipling s Kim Ans Beautiful but needing British control from an Anglo-Indian view What is one main subject of Culture and Imperialism Ans The link between history culture and aesthetic forms When did America become an empire Ans From the th to mid- th century What is the reality of historical experience today Ans It is complex and shaped by global interactions What is Said s expectation for the USA Ans It will remain a united nation despite its cultural diversity Why does Said call New York an exilic city par excellence Ans It resembles colonial cities and hosts diverse migrant voices What does Said feel as a citizen of New York Ans He belongs to more than one history and culture What is the connection between Culture and Imperialism and Orientalism Ans Both study imperial culture but Culture and Imperialism includes global resistance What is Orientalism about Ans The Middle East and Western attitudes toward it Why did colonisers claim the right to rule Ans They believed themselves superior to the colonised How does Said link culture with art Ans Culture appears in art forms aiming for pleasure apart from politics or economics When does culture become a source of identity Ans When there is a division between us colonisers and them colonised What truth existed in the non-European world Ans White colonisers always met some form of resistance Why does Said call culture a sort of theatre Ans It s where political and ideological struggles play out What is Orientalism and when was it published Ans A work revealing Western bias toward the East What is crucial to culture and imperialism Ans Narratives that tell or suppress stories shape imperial culture Who are the children of decolonization Ans New scholars who expose racism in Western literature and support freedom What is post-colonialism in literature Ans The study of literature shaped by coloniser colonised relations What does Said mean by culture Ans A theatre of political and ideological engagement What is decolonization Ans Granting independence to a former colony How does Said admire Dante and Shakespeare Ans They gave the world the best knowledge and a true picture of life