Heart Of Darkness Imperialism

Heart of Darkness written by Joseph Conrad was a fascinating book that told of a man named Marlow and his journey in Africa. He is hired by a trading company to go up the Congo in order to make contact with a man named Kurtz. He is given command of his own riverboat in order to make the journey. Along the way he sees many disagreeable things that have been caused by the Europeans exploiting the continent of Africa. The things he sees along the way make Heart of Darkness a good title for the book. The main unpleasant characteristics that are exhibited from the Europeans in Africa include greed, selfishness and racism. Racism was a main characteristic that the Europeans showed toward the Africans. They treated the Africans poorly solely