The atmosphere in the colonized nation is historically one of violence because of the colonizers and only violence shall free the oppressed (Fanon & Sartre, 1965).
Fanon believed that the atrocities committed by the colonizing nation would have many psychological effects on the native peoples. For instance, he came to the realization that the oppression of the native people would leave these people always on their guard, in anticipation of the next horrendous thing they might experience (Fanon & Sartre, 1965, p.30). "The colonized subject is always on his guard" (Fanon & Sartre, 1965, p. 30). Fanon firmly believed that the process of decolonization and the formation of the native subjects identity would be the result of the agitation and nervousness the native people feel as a whole. "The excitement that is fostered, however – the comings and goings, the speech making, the crowds, the police presence, the military might, the arrests and deportation of leaders – all this agitation gives the people the impression the time has come for them to do something" (Fanon & Sartre, 1965, p. 29). The native's identity will only be further strengthened when they witness other colonized cultures rebel against the colonizers and push for the decolonization of their land. For example, the Vietnamese victory over the French in their attempts to colonize Indochina after WW2 served as motivation for Fanon and the native people as a whole (Fanon & Sartre, 1965, p. 31). .
After the colonized or the native peoples realize that the time has finally come for them to stand up and do something, the colonized subject identifies his enemy (Fanon & Sartre, 1965, p. 31). The good or "well behaved" natives become scarce in the eyes of the colonies, the colonists react out of fear by flexing their military muscles but this does not intimidate the oppressed, on the contrary it actually strengthens and binds them (Fanon & Sartre, 1965, p.
