While we spoke in class on Tuesday of the fact that we felt Conrad did not fu
lly agree with how the African natives were being treated Achebe points out that his racism still shone through in his book. In Achebe's essay he says that Conrad is as "careful as ever with his words" which can be seen when Conrad explains his kinship to the native as a "distant kinship".
Chinua Achebe's essay gives Conrad's Heart of Darkness a whole new meaning that I may have missed the first time. When reading it a second time it is almost as if I'm reading a whole new book.
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