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Some of these areas included parts of India. Imperialism was defined as the control or colonization of land and people, with the use of “military force” or other ways of inhibition. Within the subtext of the novel “Heart of Darkness” we are able to see how even though the imperialistic time had ended, the British empire still felt that imperialism was key to being prosperous and all other countries who were not under their control were “savages”. Joseph Conrad the author of the novel was born…

How is the futility and hypocrisy of war and bureaucracy explored by Joseph Heller and Francis Ford Coppola in Catch-22 and Apocalypse Now respectively? Catch-22 authored by Joseph Heller and Apocalypse Now directed by Francis Ford Coppola are critically considered two of the finest examples of contemporary anti-war literature and cinema, despite neither being explicitly against the concept of combat as such, but rather, both opposing the bureaucratic absurdity that war inevitably entails.…

among his work on the film are the scene were the boat is patrolling on the river and stopping a Vietnamese boat (he felt like the viewers needed to see what the boat was doing in Vietnam when they were not carrying Kurt to his destination) some of the editing of the movie, but it most incredible contribution was for the sound. His debuts at Apocalypse Now were chaotic, he soon discovered that the crew did not recorded enough ambiance sound on location and that they were no sound database with…

The Things They Carried, written by Tim O’Brien, tells the story of a platoon in the Vietnam War. O’Brien uses many literary devices to help him portray the overall theme including repetition, details, and through emphasizing the reasons the soldiers are a part of the war. All of these combined portray the anti-war argument and illustrate the idea that when young men go into war, they carry many burdens, but the emotional burdens are the heaviest ones that they are never able to put this down.…

Through Joseph Conrad 's great work the heart of darkness one can see that throughout his main novel he used common themes and used many literary elements, but one of the most remarkable things that Joseph Conrad used in his novel that truly made it unique was his usage of symbolism. Joseph Conrad’s usage of symbolism was ahead of his time and has truly found its appreciation in the current time but as it is noted through the various examples before Joseph usage of symbolism was so essential and…

In The Pearl, Steinbeck captures the destructive effect of colonialism on the indigenous people. This parable includes many motifs that depicts how greed and corruption can be a destructive force and overwhelm an individual. The novella portrays two contrasting forces that shape a person’s future. It depicts a world in which humans shape their own destinies. However, forces beyond human control can sweep at any moment and completely change the course of an individual’s life. It can be…

of independence, Conrad's words were caused by his lack of view of the alternatives to imperialism (Svensson 11). Morgan Svensson states this was also because Conrad did not live to see what happened when imperialism came to end (Svensson 12). Said claims that through Heart of Darkness “Conrad allows readers today to see an Africa that is not made up of dozens of European colonies, even if he himself might have had a very limited idea of what Africa was like” (Said qtd. in Svensson…

The jungle looked like a child had sploshed layers of solid blue, white and green paint on a blank canvas, the blue strip of sky, white line of sweltering bubbly clouds and a vast green canopy stretching beneath. It created a sign - a flag, the blue, white and green banner of the jungle, surmounted on high to declare the jungle’s glory and prowess, demanding dominance over any other lifeform because it’s a jungle out there. The canopy is a thick green blanket; it smothers the jungle until one…

Darkness like Kurtz did. As he reads the postscript, “‘Exterminate all the brutes!’”, Marlow discovers that Kurtz fell to the Darkness and gave into the savage nature of humans and ends the beacon of hope that Marlow viewed at the start of the journey. Now, Marlow obsesses over Kurtz himself and as he analyzes Kurtz’s inner self, he begins to analyze himself and compares himself to Kurtz, which shifts Marlow from caring about Kurtz and his body, to caring about Kurtz’s ideas, person, and the…

as she hears endless ringing in her ear. It's not even 4:00 PM yet. The high schoolers are still in school. It cuts to voicemail. Mimi hangs up without leaving a message and calls again. There's no reason for the headmaster to be unavailable right now. Voicemail, again. She calls one more time. "Mimi, I thought I told you not to call while I was at school," the headmaster says upon finally answering the phone. "Don, I'm calling solely to discuss school affairs. Don't be so full of…