Through the Darkness

In Joseph Conrad’s novella, Heart of Darkness, there is a recurring doubt that surrounds the true grounds for which colonization stands. Is colonization inherently evil? Conrad presents various stances on the revealing nature of colonization through the antithesis of Europe and Africa. This distinct juxtaposition of the two civilizations is deliberate in its validation of the violation of Africa. As a result, it highlights the continent’s vulnerability and exercises its right to dominate whilst…

After experiencing the violence of war, it is difficult for a soldier to readjust back into society causing alienation and a strain to return home both physically and emotionally. In Hemingway’s short story, “Soldier’s Home” the main character Harold Krebs lies, is incapable of love and he struggles to readapt to his family and community. Krebs is a different person than before the war and eventually accepts the idea that he can never really go home. Hemingway illustrates the…

Childhood is one of those precious and phenomenal time in which a child is transforming into an adult. We all been through childhood and we can all agree that childhood is one of the most significant moment of our lives because childhood is a delightful time in which life is extremely enjoyable and innocent. Childhood is the most beautiful of all life season. The poem Hide and Seek by Vernon Scannell presents an unbeautiful side of childhood life, in which the central theme is about growing up,…

Africans have been portrayed and depicted as savage animals by many people throughout history. Things Fall Apart is a novel written by Chinua Achebe about the Igbo tribe in Africa and their true way of life. Chinua Achebe is a black man originally from an Igbo tribe, and he believes that the portrayal of Africans as savage animals is false. Because of this, he writes Things Fall Apart. In an interview with Achebe he states, “There is that great proverb—that until the lions have their own…

Both of the poets want people to understand the conditions during colonialism and want to make sure that this traumatizing historical event is not forgotten. In conclusion, the poets want the people to stay hopeful and proud about their country even through hardships and…

Joseph Conrad 's Heart of Darkness is a influential, but debatable literary work. There is a certain maturity level needed in order to fully analyze and understand the messages conveyed. College students, in particular, would benefit from studying Heart of Darkness because of the incorporation of advanced literary techniques, and the maturity needed to fully comprehend the story. There is a great amount of symbolic and allegorical meaning behind the explicit text. Throughout the entirety of the…

In 1899, Joseph Conrad published a short novella called Heart Of Darkness. This work of fiction is written in such a way that it allows its readers to respond to it in varieties of different ways. Diverse form of criticism have been taken on the matters in the novella. Criticism from Feminists group on the way women are portrayed to, psycho-analytic approach of the criticism, all have something to say about the novella. But one criticism that has hovered the novella for a long time, is the issue…

In Joseph Conrad’s novella “Heart of Darkness”, the author has different tones in each book, but throughout all of the books Conrad has a judgemental tone. Conrad is honest about the atrocities that occur in the Congo but depicts them as wrong. The novella as a whole has a serious tone, because Conrad is serious about the events he’s writing about. Conrad’s judgemental tone is shown when Marlow addresses the Eldorado Exploring Expedition he says, “To tear treasure out of the bowels of the land…

funded as a result of the illegal smuggling of diamonds, by Western countries. To combat this, commissions have been set up by numerous countries to stop the selling of blood diamonds. In these scenes the “guilt of the white man” becomes evident through the “we must save Africa” attitude displayed by the commission members, a theme shared by both movies. In Blood Diamond another example of white guilt is role of reporter, Maddy Brown (Jennifer Connelly). Her career revolves around uncovering…

In the epic poem, Beowulf, the recurring image of darkness is often used as a portrayal of death and the unknown. The author also uses the same image to depict evil and sin and its relationship to Christianity. The underlying elements of Christianity within Beowulf can be attributed to the recent conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. Through the persisting application of darkness, Beowulf addresses the presence of sin and the fundamental Christian beliefs in a savior and the…