This document contains examples from Joseph Conrad's novel "The Heart of Darkness" that illustrate themes of racism and imperialism. Several students provided short passages from the book highlighting instances of the Europeans referring to Africans as savages or enemies in order to assert their dominance and claim over the land. One example showed a white man punishing his slave in front of others to demonstrate his power over black men. The examples portrayed the racist and imperialist attitudes that were prevalent during the time period when Europeans were colonizing Africa.

1. Racism & Imperialism in
"The Heart of Darkness"
by Joseph Conrad
Greta Stenner
Nohemí Gómez
Palacio
Francisco Gutiérrez
Aidé Miranda
Roberto Jiménez

2. Greta’s Example- Page
7 Chapter 1
Here we can see an example of
imperialism, since they refer to them as
“their enemies”. It shows the rivality between
the Europeans and the natives. As we can
see, they call them their enemies, which is
why we can infer they want to take over

3. Roberto's Example.
Chapter 1 Page 5
In this paragraph we
can see racism
because a white man
punishes his slave
with everybody
watching to teach
him a lesson. This
shows the white men
had power over the
black men. White
men decided if
someone was guilty
or not.

4. Mimi's Example
Chapter 1 Page 3
In this paragraph
we can see an
example of
racism
because they are
refering to
Africans as
savages This was
the way they saw
them.

5. Aide's Example
Chapter 2 Page 3
Here the white man are being racist because
they're describing the natives from Africa like
animals, like "prehistoric", they believe they are
more "civilized" than the natives; they have a
more developed mind and education.

6. Pancho's Example
Chapter 3 Page 9
It is an example of racism because they
murdered innocent people with no reason,
and they treated them as if they were
inferior to them.

7. Conclusion
Joseph Conrad wrote The
Heart of Darkness in a way it
reflected how racism and
imperialism occured in those
times. Today, Africa still
suffers the effects of
Imperialism.