How the theme Colonization is shown in the novel the “Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad?
The novel “Heart of Darkness” is a story about Africa mainly Congo which was colonized by European. The story is narrated by a man called Marlow who goes to Congo as a Stream boat caption. Here Conrad describes the Europeans secret evil of colonialism and their approach to exploit natives. Colonization can be seen through Marlow’s eyes the way European are treating the Natives and the treatment of natives by Kurtz.
In the book heart of darkness Conrad talks about how Europeans colonized Africans and treated them badly. The line “I passed through several abandoned villages” (pg.33) can mean that the colonizers would have been treating the natives badly so the natives might be abandoning their villages and going away from the colonizers into the deep woods of the country where the colonizers could not reach them. …show more content…
The lines “a stream of manufactured goods, rubbishy cottons, beads, and brass-wire set into the depths of darkness, and in return came a precious trickle of ivory” (pg.31) shows that European did not come to Congo to civilized the natives rather civilization was just a name they used so they could bring all their cheap stuffs to the country and in exchange take precious ivory from the natives. The another motive for Europeans for going to Congo was to satisfy their lust for the power which is explained in the phrase “it was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on the great scale, and men going blind-as is very proper for those who tackle darkness.” (Conrad,
The novel “Heart of Darkness” is a story about Africa mainly Congo which was colonized by European. The story is narrated by a man called Marlow who goes to Congo as a Stream boat caption. Here Conrad describes the Europeans secret evil of colonialism and their approach to exploit natives. Colonization can be seen through Marlow’s eyes the way European are treating the Natives and the treatment of natives by Kurtz.
In the book heart of darkness Conrad talks about how Europeans colonized Africans and treated them badly. The line “I passed through several abandoned villages” (pg.33) can mean that the colonizers would have been treating the natives badly so the natives might be abandoning their villages and going away from the colonizers into the deep woods of the country where the colonizers could not reach them. …show more content…
The lines “a stream of manufactured goods, rubbishy cottons, beads, and brass-wire set into the depths of darkness, and in return came a precious trickle of ivory” (pg.31) shows that European did not come to Congo to civilized the natives rather civilization was just a name they used so they could bring all their cheap stuffs to the country and in exchange take precious ivory from the natives. The another motive for Europeans for going to Congo was to satisfy their lust for the power which is explained in the phrase “it was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on the great scale, and men going blind-as is very proper for those who tackle darkness.” (Conrad,