Week 4 Imperialism Assignment Paper: Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness
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Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" is a typical representation of the experiences of people, especially during the pre-colonial and colonial period. Interwoven in these experiences is a grim depiction of how a continent can be deprived of its resources as a result of exploitative adversaries. The author himself criticizes the much-praised concept of imperialism as the source of the continent's problems. I find the book particularly intriguing and captivating at the same time, since it brings out the image of Africa through a different lens.
The writer seems biased, and hence somehow racist. From the beginning of the story, he writes of the ‘good' river Thames that was once ‘the darkest places,' while also writing about the ‘bad' river Congo that was once g...