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Finish an outpost of progress and write a brief paragraph detailing who and what you feel Conrad holds responsible for the failure of Kayerts and Carlier
And, irreverently, he was putting out a swollen tongue at his managing director. He seemed to have died a painful death hanging from the cross. The director felt that the society had failed Kayert and Carlier for expecting a lot from them while they clearly stood no chance in wild Africa. How could they send people who had very slim chances of survival in the unforgiving jungle? They never had a chance anyway. Concluded the director as he stepped into the house to see if they had made any successful trade. Finding the ivory, the director concluded that the two men could have possibly had an argument over their share of ivory which eventually led Kayerts killing Carlier and him committing suicide because of guilt. Their greed and conscience had led to their death.
Question 1
How Conrad depicts Africa and Colonialist Europeans
Conrad is depicting the European culture as more civilized and superior to the African culture. He points out that the Europeans refer to the native Africans as savages. ‘just sit still and gather in the ivory those savages will bring.’ the Europeans are looking at African people and their culture through the eyes of their culture. They want to bring civilization to the ‘dark continent’ because it is largely
He also depicts the Europeans as the exporters of civilization. He depicts Europeans as the people who have tasked themselves with ‘civilizing’ the world and setting up the kind of civilized things which were present in Europe. They also take credit for civilizing other places in the world. Their pride is drawn from knowing that future generations will celebrate their efforts in Africa and achievements. ‘in a hundred years, there will be perhaps a town here. Quays, and warehouses, and barracks, and--and--billiard-rooms. Civilization, my boy, and virtue--and all. And then, chaps will read that two good fellows, Kayerts and Carlier, were the first civilized men to live in this very spot!’
Conrad also depicts Kayerts and Carlier attitude towards the African language. They despised the African language and did not have an interest in understanding it. Though it is very likely Africans could not understand European languages, they never found them to be ‘gibberish.’ Carlier commented ‘in the first moment i fancied the fellow was going to speak French. Anyway, it is a different kind of gibberish to what we ever heard.’ the expectations of the Europeans was for them to be able to learn and speak European languages as they got ‘civilized.’ they overlooked the fact that language is just but a tool to convey a message and if the speakers understand each other, it is as good as any other language. The European however rather than learning the language of the locals, they instead wanted Africans to learn their language and that is the reason they despised the African languages.
Conrad also depicts the disdain held by the Africans against the Europeans. They despise them and they are also ‘racist.’ Africans are als...