Heart of Darkness - Racism
In the novel, Heart of Darkness, the author Joseph Conrad makes some comments that could be taken for racially prejudiced remarks. By using different terms to describe people of color, we can depict how Conrad saw Africans as an inferior people. In the book Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, the readers can see how racist the Europeans were toward blacks not only because they were turned into slaves to do the white mans work, but also, we can see how the European people seem to think the Africans were not equal to them. There are also, many examples of discrimination towards woman in this story. Women were looked down upon and they were considered to be worth less then men, or even not as important. First, Joseph Conrad makes some comments about blacks that are very disturbing and racist. One example of this is when he says, "...the thought of their humanity-like yours...Ugly" (Conrad 32). This just goes to show how Conrad was a complete racist. He gives u
She stood looking at us without a stir and like the wilderness itself, with an air of brooding over an inscrutable purpose" (56, Conrad). Another example is the usage of the word "nigger" which is used freely to describe the natives of the land. The readers can see that the men do not treat woman very well or with any respect throughout "Heart of Darkness". Conrad writes, "She was savage and superb, wild-eyed and magnificent. This remark Conrad made was disturbing and clearly racist because he not only described the black man as a "nigger" more then once but the word "feeble" that is used in the sentence shows no remorse coming from Conrad's depiction as he slowly walks his character away. She is not equal to man or white man, she is thought of as an animal. For example, Kurtz had a mistress of some kind and she is described as a savage. Next, we learn that the Europeans were racist toward blacks. Also the readers can see how racist the Europeans were toward blacks. In conclusion racism and discrimination played a huge part in Conrad's "Heart of Darkness". The way this mistress was described was as a savage and apart of the wild. There is not place in this book in which a woman has a job of equality to a man. That is plain and simple racism that is throughout this book.
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