The consequences of colonialism are remarkably comparable in different parts of the world and among different cultures. Because basic concepts like national or ethnic identity and sovereignty are being violated, the natural instinct for achieving recognition and self-determination suppressed and pride in oneself hurt, people tend to respond in similar ways. This notion of the similarity of postcolonial issues is employed by J.M. Coetzee's in his novel Waiting for the Barbarians. A story pertaining …showed first 75 words of 1365 total…

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