... is a valid assumption-Achebe still did not support his comment that "Conrad was a thoroughgoing racist" (Achebe, p.257). Without outside knowledge (beyond the book), Achebe had no basis to charge Conrad with this rather harsh statement. Another interpretation of Conrad's novel is that it has a canonistic point of view ... Heart of Darkness was written, consciously or unconsciously, from a colonialist point of view" (Singh 278). Singh believes that Conrad didn't write his book to the extreme of racism. Overall, the natives appeared better humans than the Europeans in Heart of Darkness. Con...

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