Racism in “Heart of Darkness” and “Apocalypse Now” Essay

The book Heart of Darkness and the movie Apocalypse Now are two works dealing with doubtful issues of evil. (Beyond imperialism, because the evil of imperialism has a root. For example, crack the nut) They refer places boiling down to a discussion of racism. The Thames River as in any mythology is a source of life. At the end, Marlow comes upon Kurtzs Intended and said, An object of the fecund. Also, these two works deal with how a man is surrounded by evil acts and evil sagaciousnesss to fight of the fire furnish by the society. They also talks about how a character is a racist, when that character clearly condemns his way of life by leaving the Congo, and confirms the ills of society by lying about them.Firstly, I think that the racism claims are overstated, in two ways. A) Conrads racism, such as it is, is directed not at faint population as a whole but rather as Africans. I think the prejudice must be recognized as activism, or whatever the proper term is, rather than as rac ism. B) Conrad is critical, not solely of Africans and their way of life, but also of European culture. Hes just as anti- face cloth as he is also anti-black. Additionally, I think that Conrad may be considered a racist if and only if you decide that the definition of racism is thinking your speed up is better, but I really dont think that he could be considered a white supremacist or that he really contained a profound hatred for Africans.In fact, I dont think that he was even that serious on his own race. It is because that overtime he describes the presence of the white imperialist or any white population in general, he describes them in a bitter, dark way. And while he describes the Africans in a frame of blunt way as natural, rustic, raw people. I also think he does it in a much lighter way. I dont think he criticizes the way they were. I just think he is ignorant of the political correctness found in todays society.Moreover, I dont consider the answer is simple enough to j ust say one is good and the other is bad. We have to keep in mind when this book was written. In that time period the other didnt really have much perception at all on what the African people were like. He only could go by the common knowledge of the day that wasnt very pleasant. I dont think that we can search an author in that time to be a non-racist.Ever since I read that article, I have thought of the book as being somewhat disturbing. I dont know if I would have considered this book quite so frustrating. If I had not read that article, since the racism is the only spot of the book that I have been able to focus on. I still think it is very well written and interesting, but it is more difficult to wassail it, knowing that the author was so racist. Then again, I suppose one cannot expect much more coming from a story written at a time when whites didnt know hardly anything about other races, and cultures.Ultimately, I believe that there is a definitely a strong division of r acism in both Heart Of Darkness and Apocalypse Now. However, I believe that the article on Achebe overreacts. Granted Conrad displays no respect for the African Culture, this is historic fact and granted that it is not good. It is a part of history in which it cannot be ignored, so it will never happen again stating that black people should be grateful of the white because they were the ones who got them out of slavery in the first place.