Read the following passage from a book by modern-day author Adam Hochschild describing King Leopold’s treatment of the Congo. “Talk of the lazy native accompanied the entire European land grab in Africa, just as it had been used to justify the conquest of the Americas. To an American reporter Leopold once declared, ‘In dealing with a race composed of cannibals for thousands of years it is necessary to use methods which will best shake their idleness and make them realize the sanctity of work’.”

According to this passage, how did King Leopold justify his treatment of the Congolese people?

According to King Leopold, the Congolese were an inferior race/ people and needed to be treated harshly for them to understand the importance of hard work.

Explanation:

When Europeans first began explorations in the African continent, Africa was deemed an "uncivilized" world. Thus, the need to "civilize" and change them to be 'normal' people were the work put out for the new arrivals by themselves.

In the given passage provided, King Leopold termed the people of Congo as "lazy native[s] . . . composed of cannibals". He even stressed the need for "methods which will best shake their idleness and make them realize the sanctity of work", hinting at a harsh treatment as the only means to make the native people learn. He, therefore, justifies the treatment meted out to the Congolese so as to make them learn about the sanctity and need for hard work.

music always has an important role in culture and societies, infact for example rock’n roll music has conditioned different areas of pop culture above all in the 60s. in the modern american society its role is different.

unfortunately many think about how some unfortunate events happened to the columbine high school shootings can be related to rock music just because the teenagers involved listened to this kind of music.

i think that we can valorize the change to take refuge in this genre of music to keep on in everyday life, teenagers are comfortable when they can listen to a song about a specific problem. realizing that someone else is living your personal drama too can them to feel less lonely nowadays.

so the story tells of someone named kaushik choudhuri, but he does not narrate the story, a girl named hema does. hema tells the story in a second person point of view because you (the reader) are supposed to be the boy named kaushik.

here's an excerpt i found: "i was ushered into the fitting room, your mother watching approvingly as i took off my coat and sweater and tried on the bra."

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