Novels often ignore the colonized people They speak from the view of the West They remove the native voice from history Said saw this silence as absolute power He explained this in one strong line The power to block other narratives from forming and emerging is very important This means novels silence the other side Said wanted readers to see that silence He believed literature hides more than it shows Creating Moral Judgments Novels do not just tell stories They also create ideas of good and bad Western heroes are praised in the text Natives are called wild or lazy Novels teach readers to accept the empire This shapes values without direct force or law Building Empire Through Fiction Novels help create the image of an empire They make colonialism look natural and fair Fiction becomes a soft tool of control Said explained this with examples from many writers He read literature as part of political history In short Said showed how novels supported the empire They silenced judged and shaped thought Culture and Imperialism proves that fiction matters Literature becomes part of the empire's machinery