Ecological Imperialism in George Orwell’s Burmese Days: A Critical Study

Abstract

Through his famous work, Burmese Days, Orwell contextualises the great ecological disaster the world is facing. The underlying development of environmental abuse is unveiled in this novel. In this novel, Burmese Days, the concept of Ecological Imperialism is exhibited here in the form of a timber business handled by a small European settlement in Upper Burma. The acute hypocrisy or double standard practises of the British Empire in Upper Burma are also disclosed in this novel. These British colonial practises were also characterised by the fundamental determination to evaluate imperialism openly and its ecological dimension. Thus, the present paper aims to observe the impact of ecological imperialism on the characters of the novel.