In James Camerons Avatar (2009), we can clearly found the perfect example of the colon al, as well as the

explo tat on of the slands resources !y colon "er# In that s mple story of the colon al sm, we can conclude that Avatar s one of the $reat mov es wh ch can !e analy"ed !y us n$ postcolon al theory# In Avatar mov e, %uman can s mply dent f ed as the ma n cruel actor, also dent f ed as the colon "er over the other &Al en race, wh ch s we call t as Avatar race# 'he %uman w sh to explore more to resources of (andora Island where many Avatars l ved, that !lue al en race w ll not allow other race, to nvade the r holy sland, so they w ll do anyth n$ to stop t# Jac) *ully s the ma n prota$on st actor here n the mov e, Jac) must learn more and adapt, he +o n the Avatar pro$ram led !y the ,* Army to study a!out the l fe of Avatar n (andora# 'he -av (the people of (andora), ns sts to stay to Island and f $ht a$a nst human race# %uman d scover a!out the r ex stence of the ,no!tan um resources r $ht underneath the %ometree (the holy tree of -av )# 'hey found that there s a very lar$e amount of ,no!tan um so human w ll nvade them# 'h s mov e also conta ns the hy!r d ty, the dou!le dent ty# Jac) s !e n$ told !y h s commander to explore (andora !y !e n$ Avatar# %e transform h mself to !ecame that al en spec es to learn a!out the sland# % s !ody and appearance s totally chan$ed nto !lue color# In the end, he fall n love w th -eyt r # .e see how Jac) dou!ted a!out h s dou!le dent ty !ecause n the end, he turns to support -av people to stop the r cruel nvas on, althou$h he was actually human !efore# 'he process of cultural hy!r d "at on n th s mov e happens when Jac) !ecome Avatar# %e can a!solutely sw tch h s l fe as human and an avatar# 'h s dou!le dent ty, or hy!r d, or unsta!le, s a th rd character st cs of the postcolon al approach of l terary stud es# 'he pract ce of such colon al sm not only happens n th s mov e, we can also w tness t n th s modern era# I call t the era of war, &war a$a nst terror sm as what ,* has ment oned n h s statement !y /eor$e 0ush# It s a clear example how ,* nvade the m ddle1east countr es w th ts western pol cy wh ch all the other west or 2uropean all es has to accept whatever

,* sa d# ,* has ma)e a dec s on to nvade that countr es !y explo ted many pol c es, whether pu!l c or secret (d rty) pol c es n order to $a n much supports around the world# It s also conta ns soc al cultural, mper al sm, env ronmental stud es3sc ence, and many other f eld of stud es# Amer ca has everyth n$, nclud n$ ts m l tary forces, advanced h $h1technolo$y of weapon, power of pol t c, )nowled$e, economy, power of pol cy, and also ts propa$anda war# All of t has $ ven mpact to !oth colon "ed countr es, and colon "er (,* tself), determ n n$ how ,* w ll nvades, the pol c es they made, and for how lon$ they are $onna stayed there# Amer cas campa $n of war of terror sm, expl c tly, wants the world to support them n order to f $ht on what ,* says as terror sm# 0ut not all countr es n the world a$ree w th that nvas on# -ot the western country d d the Invas on, the 2uropean countr es n the past d d the same th n$ to other country# 'hey !ecame colon "er over the colon "ed people of other country# In the post1colon al l terature or new 2n$l sh l terature, wh ch s respond to the ntellectual d scourse of 2uropean colon "at on n the As a, Afr ca, 4 ddle1east, the (ac f c, and other post colon al areas throu$hout the $lo!e# 'he Japan 2mp re that found n the *econd .orld .ar, the -a" mper al sm over the other 2urope re$ ons s a few of example how the colon "at on appl ed n the world# Also there are the 0r t sh 2mp re that rules many countr es and st ll had mpact from now, w th leav n$ the commonwealth countr es, and the colon "at on of Imper al 5uss a n the 67th to 20th centur es# 0ha!ha (6998) ar$ued that 9colon al hy!r d ty: n the mov e, as a cultural form, produced am! valence n the colon al masters and as such altered the author ty of power# A hy!r d s a compos te of m xed or $ n, and hy!r d ty s a s mple m xture# % stor cally, hy!r d ty !ecame a useful tool n form n$ a fearful d scourse of rac al m x n$ that arose n the end of the 6; th century# 'he colon "er n Avatar (Jac)), must adapt nto the other race, and he s, n the end, f nally dou!t of h s dent ty, althou$h he dec ded to help the people of (andora, however, he s st ll a human !e n$# (ro!a!ly the most nterest n$ response to the mov e s !y the -at ve Amer can scholar and wr ter <an el %ealth Just ce# Althou$h he adm ts to

how effect ve the mov e was at evo) n$ an emot onal response n h m, he also ar$ues that the plot l ne of $ood $uys a$a nst !ad $uys s too s mpl st c# In h s v ew, the mov es d rector m ssed an opportun ty to ena!le the Amer can aud ence to really understand colon al sm# 5eal colon "ers are not def n tely ev l people !ut often, t s n ce people who, !ecause of the r soc al pos t on, do !ad th n$s# %e worr es that such a romant c dea of $ood versus ev l story allows the aud ence to feel overly self1sat sf ed when they emot onally s de w th the $ood $uys w thout really =uest on n$ how everyone s morally compl c t w th colon al sm, even the 9$ood $uys:# 2dward .# *a d, the cultural cr t c, developed the denotat ons and connotat ons of the term or ental sm# 'hat the cultural representat ons $enerated w th the ,s1 and >them ! nary relat on are soc al construct, wh ch are mutually const tut ve and cannot ex st ndependent of each other, !ecause each ex sts on account of and for the other# 'herefore, n serv ce to the colon al type of mper al sm, or ental st parad $m allowed 2uropeans scholars to represent the or ental world as nfer or and !ac)ward, rrat onal and w ld, wh le represent n$ .estern 2urope as super or and pro$ress ve, as rat onal and c v l, as the oppos te of the or ental other#