The History of Western Development in One Piece

Beulah 2022-11-11 05:14:54

After the independence of the United States in 1776, because it was uneasy about the existing territory, it planned to expand to the west. The genocide and cultural cleansing of the Indians living in the west, and the horseback culture has since disappeared. This history can be glimpsed from many western films such as "Dancing With Wolves", so there is no need to repeat it.
Leaving Alabasta, saying goodbye to Weiwei, Robin joins the team, and "ワンピース" has since entered the Sky Island chapter. The main line is that the "Legion of God" led by Anilu forcibly occupied the sky island and implemented high-pressure rule. The plot is basically transplanted from the history of the western development of the United States.
At the end of the 15th century, Columbus was supported by the Spanish royal family to set sail and discover the American continent. In "ワンピース", the author made Luffy's soul possessed incarnate as Columbus and entered the empty island as a symbol of the American continent, and with the help of Cervantes's Don Quixote-style character ガン‧フォール, Columbus's voyage was funded by Spain. fact. In the same way: the sky island corresponds to the American continent; the clouds leading to the sky island are like the Atlantic Ocean; the Legion of God and the American army are allied together; シャンディア represents the Indian tribe; The Indians slung their horses on their crotch and carried bows and arrows on their shoulders; and did Enilu's envisioned airborne landing also hint at the American dream of world domination? Confidence and above substitution is not far-fetched.
Occasionally due to overwork, I fell asleep at my desk. In a dream, I saw that the park was blocked without a ticket. After waking up, I thought about entering the sky island at first. Luffy and his gang were charged with high admission tickets and the aunt of the neighborhood committee named アマゾン (Amazon, this basin is located in South America) who laughed so much that "お金がなければ通っていいよ" . Xiao Ding Si Xiao, does this also imply the meaning of "this country has been broken, and there is freedom of entry and exit"? This joke is slightly darker.
The land expansion and economic growth of the United States developed in the west more than 200 years ago is the basis for its rapid rise to become the world's largest economic power after World War II. They would be complacent about their foresight to develop the west, and they would take the slaughter necessary for expansion indifferent, but they lacked the kind of reflection that the Germans had about the blood-slaughtering of the Jews by their predecessors. Oda is also venting his hostility to the United States with the ubiquitous hints in the book.

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  • Usopp: [he last saw Luffy at the bottom of a cliff] YOU'RE ALIVE!

    Monkey D. Luffy: Of course. Why wouldn't I be?

  • Nami: Luffy, who, or what, in the world are you?

    Monkey D. Luffy: What do you mean?

    Nami: Don't you think it's kind of odd that you smashed through all those buildings and you don't have a scratch on you?

    Monkey D. Luffy: Nope.