Heart of Darkness portrays Africa and its inhabitants as a dark world, the opposite of the “civilized” land of Europe. It is a place where savageness and the bestial side of human nature reign free. It was “a place of darkness”. (p.71) The natives are often described as objects, more like they are part of the landscape rather than the human beings that they are. This leads to argument over whether or not it was …showed first 75 words of 463 total…

…showed last 75 words of 463 total…popular views influencing him. Blacks were still seen as a lower class of human. Conrad shows more respect for them than many others. Simply put, Conrad has taken an unfair image from criticism by well-known individuals such as Achebe. In attempting to portray the story of man’s dark side and the wrongdoings in the Congo, he made, perhaps, too strong a statement. His name will forever be trailed by the following shadows of racism.