The Wrentched Earth

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ealize that fighting among themselves is not the answer. Many natives begin to feel that violence is a defining characteristic of the colonial system, and that violence is necessary to bring about the end of that abusive system.

Fanon furthers the argument that violence is not only necessary to counter colonialist oppression, but brings about a fundamental change in the native. The native finds his or her freedom through violence, it is violence that truly will end his or her oppression. Violence on a national level, in the form of a movement of national liberation, changes the psychology of oppressed natives dramatically. Violence is a therapeutic method for the native to overcome his or her inferiority complex on a national scale, when directed in a movement of national liberation. It is though the common struggle of natives that a new national psychology permeates life. A new national consciousness takes hold of the native, and shapes a new way of life, manifesting eventually a...