Oroonoko: Indians/Europeans

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…the self-mutilation is respected by the Europeans in its awesome display of heart, nerve, and grit, it is also condemned as a feral, inane act which serves to highlight the social position of the Indians as lower than the whites. Despite obvious superiority in the ways of the country and war, Indians continue to be used by and classified under Europeans, who envision themselves as an exceptional breed. Bibliography Behn, Aphra. Oroonoko. New York: Norton, 1997.