How does the Imperialism Control People?
How does the imperialism differs when a hundred years has passed? Did the essence and future of imperialism in the postcolonial world changed? Nearly a hundred year ago in 1899, Joseph Conrad wrote Heart of Darkness and gave no accurate answer; now that years passed, the novel had been reproduced as the film Apocalypse Now Redux and presents a single pessimistic view. Though the geographical location and exploiting methods was transferred, the endless thinking which was drawn symbolized.
To compare the differences between the two works, what’s vital important is the colonial methods. In Heart of Darkness, European pilgrims use the trade (indeed civilizing) with African countries (especially Congo) to deprive the colonized states’ wealth and subjugate people, while people in the colonized states have merely no power to against it: the interplay between the empire (which European pilgrims stand for) and the colonized state is rather smooth. On the contrary, the war which America brings to Vietnam in Apocalypse Now Redux acts more violent, the American Army contends against Vietnamese Communist party to achieve military aggression; as a result, the civilizing become …show more content…
In the Heart of Darkness, though fails to take Kurtz back to London alive, Marlow found his nature and changed a lot when going back to London. On the other side, primarily intends to find the ultimate and final secret about life, Marlow goes to find Kurtz; but Kurtz leaves him nothing except “The horror! The horror!”, the quest of Marlow is unfulfilled; Marlow does not have a clear view about imperialism, “offers something unarticulated about imperialism.” As for the film, after Kurtz died, the local citizens just take Willard as another god like Kurtz used to be; realizing the horror, Willard leaves the place and also refuse to come back to America, holds a single pessimistic view towards
How does the imperialism differs when a hundred years has passed? Did the essence and future of imperialism in the postcolonial world changed? Nearly a hundred year ago in 1899, Joseph Conrad wrote Heart of Darkness and gave no accurate answer; now that years passed, the novel had been reproduced as the film Apocalypse Now Redux and presents a single pessimistic view. Though the geographical location and exploiting methods was transferred, the endless thinking which was drawn symbolized.
To compare the differences between the two works, what’s vital important is the colonial methods. In Heart of Darkness, European pilgrims use the trade (indeed civilizing) with African countries (especially Congo) to deprive the colonized states’ wealth and subjugate people, while people in the colonized states have merely no power to against it: the interplay between the empire (which European pilgrims stand for) and the colonized state is rather smooth. On the contrary, the war which America brings to Vietnam in Apocalypse Now Redux acts more violent, the American Army contends against Vietnamese Communist party to achieve military aggression; as a result, the civilizing become …show more content…
In the Heart of Darkness, though fails to take Kurtz back to London alive, Marlow found his nature and changed a lot when going back to London. On the other side, primarily intends to find the ultimate and final secret about life, Marlow goes to find Kurtz; but Kurtz leaves him nothing except “The horror! The horror!”, the quest of Marlow is unfulfilled; Marlow does not have a clear view about imperialism, “offers something unarticulated about imperialism.” As for the film, after Kurtz died, the local citizens just take Willard as another god like Kurtz used to be; realizing the horror, Willard leaves the place and also refuse to come back to America, holds a single pessimistic view towards