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3739168 No.3739168 [Reply] [Original]

Evidence Heart Of Darkness criticises colonialism?

>> No.3739249

write your freshman essay yourself

>> No.3739285

>>3739168

are you fucking serious? Read the book

>> No.3739286

You would be able to get at least an idea of that from just reading a synopsis. How dumb are you?

>> No.3739289

Does anyone know which edition of the book has that cover (like which publisher etc) ? I quite like it

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That's interesting OP. That reminds me of that theory I read that the book I'm reading atm (pic related) is about depression. What do u think?

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>>>/hm/

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That's interesting OP.
That reminds me of that theory I read that the book I'm reading atm (pic related) is about the French revolution.
What do u think?

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Interesting op, I was also wondering if there's any evidence that the book i'm reading, fifty shades of grey, is about sex.

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That's interesting OP.
That reminds me of that theory I read that the book I'm reading atm (pic related) is about totalitarian regimes.
What do u think?

>> No.3739368

Funny as all this is, no, it's not about colonialism. That's just the background. It's about human nature and man's response to his environment as an aspect of that. It's a nature-versus-nurture story, where a man is shown exactly how much of who he is comes from where he is and what he has to do to survive. It's basically about how thin the veneer of " civilized" life can be when it's put in a situation of "adapt or die" . The horror of kurtz to his rescuer is what he hs become, compared to what he used to be.

The colonialism is basically the background, and the book is "about" colonialism in the same way that The Scarlet Letter is "about" puritanism, or A Tale of Two Cities is "about" the french revolution. They're the backdrops, but as apocalypse now should certainly have shown you, there are plenty of others that work just as well for this story.

>> No.3739370

>>3739368
You realise you just ruined the thread, right?

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>>3739368
>TIL books can only be 'about' one thing
>inability to grasp multiplicity of subjects in literature
>'apocalypse now' being used as an unironic example of something that isn't barefaced imperialism
>mfw Vietnam

>> No.3739381

>>3739370
bullshit, the joke was made, and reiterated, and re-reiterated. fifteen more examples were'nt going to add anything. It would just encourage posters to keep playing keep-away with the guy's hat. To be rude in other words. Fun's fun, but we are here to help.

>> No.3739388

>>3739375
apocalypse now was to an extent a parody of heart of darkness, I admit, and was far more about american "aggressive diplomacy" than heart of dakness was about colonialsism. The point I was trying to make is that "Heart of Darkness" could be moved totally out of a colonial setting and still work fine. It could be about a preist trying to set up a mission in a barrio and bcoming involved with gangs. or a warden in a prison becoming coopted into the corruption and exploitation there. It's about adaptation. Sure you can use it as a rorschach blot and see consumerism and globalism and antinatalism in it, or you can focus on the demasculinization of the clothing choices. But that's not the story.

>> No.3739411

>>3739168
read "An Outpost of Progress" by Joseph Conrad as well. you'll see.

>> No.3739412

>>3739368
After this in order to invigorate the thread someone must bring Achebe from hell.