Another Heart Of Darkness
Ignorance and Racism
Joseph Conrad develops themes of personal power,
individual responsibility, and social justice in his book Heart
of Darkness. His book has all the trappings of the
conventional adventure tale - mystery, exotic setting, escape,
suspense, unexpected attack. Chinua Achebe concluded,
"Conrad, on the other hand, is undoubtedly one of the great
stylists of modern fiction and a good story-teller into the
bargain" (Achebe 252). Yet, despite Conrad's great story
telling, he has also been viewed as a racist by some of his
critics. Achebe, Singh, and Sarvan, although their criticisim
differ, are a few to name. Normal readers usually are good
at detecting racism in a book. Achebe acknowledges
Conrad camouflaged racism remarks, saying, "But Conrad
chose his subject well - one which was guaranteed not to
put him in conflict with psychological pre- disposition..."
(Achebe, 253). Having gone back and rereading Heart of
Darkness, but this time reading between......
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