... jConrad.htm). Living in an area dominated by a foreign power, he experienced firsthand the helpless feeling of being colonized. In this way he came to sympathize with the Africans who suffered at the hands of European colonists. "They were not enemies, they were not criminals, they were nothing but earthly now, nothing but black shadows of disease and starvation - This quote shows Conrad's sympathy for those ... He is not willing to step in and demand that others listen to him. This in turn brings the fall of the society. Simon is somewhat saintly and represents religion and spirituality...

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... jungle that takes on a life force of its own. Conrad himself had personal experiences in Africa and states that the novel is "experience pushed a little (and only very little) beyond the actual facts of the case for the perfectly legitimate- (Conrad 11) in his notes. Due to the largely proimperialistic audience Conrad was writing for, he had to carefully conceal his criticism so that only ... empty and false, hiding behind the curtain of humanitarianism, while in actuality they are nothing but "papier-mché Mephistopheles- (Conrad 30). It is likely that Conrad encountered the true nature...

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