1. Gunga Din and Heart of Darkness
... described negatively. Moreover, natives are only depicted more favorably when they align themselves with the imperialist cause, and European characters only lose favor if they abandon Western ideals; these critical exceptions to the rule serve to further illustrate the dichotomy itself. Both Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Gunga Din portray Europeans and indigenous peoples in starkly different ways. ... , and Ballantine-are given personal backstories, individual traits, and specific desires, while the native Indian peoples they encounter appear in large groups of indistinguishable bodies ...
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