Even Achebe, one of the main critics of the novel, acknowledges the skill and fluidity with which Conrad presents his arguments, calling Conrad a “seductive” writer. (Chinua Achebe: ‘Heart of Darkness’) This proficiency in language does not however warrant the amount of recognition Heart of Darkness receives for being a groundbreaking anti-imperialist novel written from an egalitarian perspective. The fact remains that the books depiction of Africans is racist, and that the motivation behind the book is not the protection of these natives as people, but rather as a warning for fellow Europeans from being corrupted by the “dark continent”. The book is by no means written ironically either, as we can see from the extensive similarities between Marlow and
Even Achebe, one of the main critics of the novel, acknowledges the skill and fluidity with which Conrad presents his arguments, calling Conrad a “seductive” writer. (Chinua Achebe: ‘Heart of Darkness’) This proficiency in language does not however warrant the amount of recognition Heart of Darkness receives for being a groundbreaking anti-imperialist novel written from an egalitarian perspective. The fact remains that the books depiction of Africans is racist, and that the motivation behind the book is not the protection of these natives as people, but rather as a warning for fellow Europeans from being corrupted by the “dark continent”. The book is by no means written ironically either, as we can see from the extensive similarities between Marlow and