Every natives in the story are puppets of English colonists whose intention are focused on raiding the land of its riches. In the novel Marlow came across Africans working in mines as soon as he set his foot on Africa. At that very instance Marlow said that “I could see every rib, the joints of their limbs were like knots in a rope; each had an iron collar on his neck…” (Conrad 81). Marlow said this so the readers can image how the natives look like under harsh conditions created by the English colonists. Since we know that the natives are working in the mine and was provided with small amounts of food, we can infer that due to the working condition every single natives working in mines are skinny. Also because of how much food the natives get Marlow observes that “[t]hey were dying slowly—it was very clear” (Conrad 83). Through the act of the English colonists: cruelty and inhumanity are presented as the African Natives are not getting enough food in their digestive system for them to live
Every natives in the story are puppets of English colonists whose intention are focused on raiding the land of its riches. In the novel Marlow came across Africans working in mines as soon as he set his foot on Africa. At that very instance Marlow said that “I could see every rib, the joints of their limbs were like knots in a rope; each had an iron collar on his neck…” (Conrad 81). Marlow said this so the readers can image how the natives look like under harsh conditions created by the English colonists. Since we know that the natives are working in the mine and was provided with small amounts of food, we can infer that due to the working condition every single natives working in mines are skinny. Also because of how much food the natives get Marlow observes that “[t]hey were dying slowly—it was very clear” (Conrad 83). Through the act of the English colonists: cruelty and inhumanity are presented as the African Natives are not getting enough food in their digestive system for them to live