1. Symbols in Heart of Darkness
... , the Europeans maltreat the Africans by taking away their most basic rights, like the river, so, "pitiless," to the conquered, treating them as less than human, tearing themselves apart from their human civilization, and leaving mostly hatred and violent instincts. Also, the river is described as, "impenetrable, " to emphasize that the Europeans and the Africans have lost ... Africans for pointless reasons, therefore tying themselves in a futile effort to fulfil their desire for ivory. The Europeans, "lost," their original intent to be successful since they never reached true happiness ...
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- Grade Level: Graduate