1. Heart of Darkness- Joseph Conrad
... , is clearly in favour of colonialism, and actually did think of it as a superior culture bringing light to the darkness. This can be seen where he says: Hunters for gold or pursuers of fame, they all had gone out on that stream, bearing the sword, and often the torch, messengers of the might within the land, bearers of a spark from the sacred fire. In this passage ... the framed narrator depicts the "explorers" as bringers of light to places of darkness. The sacred fire is in reference to the fire, which burns at the heart of the great Western ... Civilisation, the essence of etiquette...
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