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A 4 page paper which examines the symbolic use of character, narration, setting, imagery, and figurative language in its representation of race. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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peoples seemed to be simply there for the taking of such imperialist nations as Great Britain. German-born Joseph Conrad witnessed firsthand the prejudices and exploitations of racial oppression that
would be justified as a means to an end. His novel, Heart of Darkness, published in 1902, was a reflection of how race was perceived during this time.
Conrad made masterful use of character, setting, imagery, figurative language and narration to symbolize race as it existed and provided a chilling commentary on why it was perpetuated. The character
of Charlie Marlow, the affable British sea captain, represented John Q. Public, a product of capitalism who unabashedly pursues free trade as an inalienable right. It doesnt seem to
occur to him that he and his contemporaries that they are exploiting lands and peoples for profit. Marlows perception of race is evident in his observation, "We had enlisted
some of these chaps on the way for a crew. Fine fellows-cannibals--in their place" (Conrad 94). As his journey deep into the Congo progresses, Marlow finds himself surprised that
he has developed a real fondness for the African race and when his black helmsman, perishes, he muses, "I missed my late helmsman awfully... Perhaps you will think it passing
strange, this regret for a savage who was of no more account than a grain of sand in a black Sahara. Well, dont you see... it was a kind
of partnership. He steered for me--I had to look after him... And the intimate profundity of that look he gave me when he received his hurt remains... like a
claim of distant kinship affirmed in a supreme moment" (Conrad 119). Here, Marlow stops just short of suggesting that race is not forged in two divergent paths but represents
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