... Achebe did not--he only wrote what he felt. Belief that Conrad was a racist is not hard to come by, especially after reading Achebe's convincing essay. However, interpretation is the key word. Personally, I agree that Conrad did have quite a few racist passages in his story, yet I also believe that Achebe does not open his mind completely, in his analysis of the ... desire...in Western psychology to set Africa up as a foil to Europe."( p. 251) Achebe only set forth his views and did not take into account other interpretations of the same passage, as did Sarvan. If every person accepted ...

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