Dark Shadows Interestingly enough, Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness is one of the most debated English books to this day. Conrad deals with important issues and topics through Marlow and his journey through the jungle. One of the most important representations in the novella is of an oppressed race of people. The natives of the Congo have no choice but to become servants of the Europeans. Dehumanization of the Congo natives occurs throughout the novella …showed first 75 words of 661 total…

…showed last 75 words of 661 total…people around him who have become corrupt. The design of the book and the way Conrad labels blacks leads many people to conclude that he was racist. Although obvious in some cases, the novella offers a deeper look into the way people's minds work after they are separated from normal society and exposed to the real world. Many scholars still debate on how the characters in the novella degrade the natives to a shameful level.