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African Natives -vs- European Colonists
Summary: The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is one of the most famous novel representations of colonization in Africa. It takes the reader through a journey with the novel's main character, Marlow, into the African Congo. By the end of the novel, Marlow has a new appreciation for the suffering of the native people by the Europeans. He also observes, through Kurtz, what can happen to a man when he lets greed and desire takeover himself.
The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is one of the most famous novel representations of colonization in Africa. It takes the reader through a journey with the novel's main character, Marlow, into the African Congo. By the end of the novel, Marlow has a new appreciation for the suffering of the native people by the Europeans. He also observes, through Kurtz, what can happen to a man when he lets greed and desire takeover himself.
The most prominent conflict in the novel is between the white colonists and the African natives. During his voyage, Marlow is faced with many quarrels between these two very different sets of cultural groups. Throughout the novel, the reader thinks of the Europeans as the prevailing power and the African people are seen as savages that the Europeans are trying to "civilize."
European settlers only wished to colonize and enlighten the "savages...
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