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Papalagi

"The Papalagi " is a book that tells the address of Tuaivii Tiavea , Samoa boss after his visit to Europe, its people and that the author Erich Scheurmann writing transports to be made known reflection of the Samoan , which made a criticism of European society, or white men, as we called him, the more interesting. Here I leave you with some of the phrases or thoughts of this little monograph, you will think:


  • "The Papalagi as crustaceans live in concrete houses."

  • "These islands of stones are the real land called Europe. Out there, there are so beautiful and fertile regions as our islands [...] These people other people live in cities, people of different character. They are called country folk. [...] In the Greek people do not care about all this. They are convinced they have more rights than those in the countryside and its work is more important to plant vegetables in the earth. "

  • " When Europeans show them a piece of metal round brilliant or a piece of heavy paper, then their eyes light up and the saliva starts to drool for his lips. Money is his only love, money is their God. "

  • " Work and have more money, is the common European standard. "

  • " And Papalagi invent more and more things. Burning his hands, their faces turn ashen and his shoulders are stooped, but still bursting with happiness when they won doing a new thing. And suddenly, everybody wants to have this thing put it in front of them, the worship and sing praises in their language. "

  • " At Papalagi they have softened their brains and play to be the Great Spirit in person: not to think about all the things they have lost. "

  • " is a sign of great poverty that someone needs many things. "

  • " No Papalagi sing or go through life with a twinkle in his eye when their only possession is a food container as do we (Samoan). "

  • " Although there will never be more time between the dawn and sunset, this will never be enough for them. "

  • " How old are you?, means many moons have lived. Examine and count that way is fraught with peril, because it was discovered how many people usually live moons. So keep that in mind as they have spent a lot of moons, say: "Now I have to die soon."

  • "Again I saw a Papalagi I had time and never regretted it because . But this man was poor, dirty and neglected [...] I did not understand that, because his step was slow and steady, his eyes calm and friendly. When we asked how this had happened, he shook his head and said sadly: "I've never been able to take my time, so now I'm poor and despised a chump." That man had time, but was not happy. "

  • " What you think of a man who has a whole bunch of bananas in its hands and is not willing to give even a single fruit to hungry implores ? [...] Know then, that the Papalagi acts this way every hour, every day. Even if a hundred mats, will not even join his brother who has none. No, he even criticized his brother for not having any. "

  • "The machine is the greatest wizard of Europe. [...] And Papalagi are magicians. "

  • " The challenge Papalagi God but the sun, water and fire still obey God first. And the white man has not yet managed to regulate the output of the moon or the wind. "

  • " The Papalagi not love nothing because the machine can make something new at any time. They have to feed it with the blood of his own life in exchange for receiving his miracles without a heart. [...] But Papalagi have not yet invented the machine to protect them from death. "

  • "Only when all the senses and all members working together, can the heart of a man to be happy and healthy, not when they are allowed to live only a part and the rest of it has to be dead."

  • "But Papalagi think so much because for them to think has become a habit, a necessity and a lack, often living with only their heads, while the rest of their bodies are asleep."

For those interested in this work can be read in full at:

Http://www.sisabianovenia.com/LoLeido/Ficcion/Papalagis.htm

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