Abstract
Research Paper
Savages by Joe Kane Knopf (1996)
Set in the rainforests of Ecuador,
the novel by Kane is overwhelmingly warm for the natives and
discusses their true cultural heritages. Kane has written with a
tragic sense with intimacy and skill and shows the loss of a
rain forest as the loss of many friends. It is complete with
strong characters and wild landscapes such as Moi, Enquiri and
Judith. The death of a rain forest is a huge tragedy if we think
from the point of view of the natives. Imagine the
slashed-and-burned wastelands or oil-blackened rivers in the
jungle. Sometimes a person gets tearful on the powerlessness of
the Huaoranis. Yet they have the spirit to fight. It is as if an
elder tries to fight with a child.
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Issues raised in the novel
Who are the Savages really?
The writer leads the readers to analyze and reach to a place
where he questions, who are actually the savages? Is it the
Huaoranis or the environmental groups, missionaries, politicians
and land-hungry colonists, or the oil company business
executives? "For all the ruckus being raised," Kane writes, "no
one knew what the Huaorani wanted. No one really knew who the
Huaorani were."
Rights of the natives
There are many laws in the world protecting their citizens from
the evils of discrimination and destruction of business world or
any other. But alas there are no such laws for combating the
greed of business executives and power hungry oil companies.
Destroying a source of livelihood of Huaoranis
Moi and other people earn their livelihood acting as naturalist
guides. This way the other people also have the opportunity to
experience and learn about the Huaorani culture and their close
relationship with their rainforest home. But when the American
oil company destroys the forest then who would bear the blame of
making so many people unemployed.
Perseverance of world cultures
The Huaorani people have been living in the rainforests of the
Amazon for centuries. They lived as hunters and gatherers until
late 1950. Numbering approximately 1,300 individuals, the
Huaorani continue to maintain a largely traditional lifestyle,
based in the rainforests of the headwaters of the Amazon.
Respect for the life of a wildlife
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