Racism vs. Social Commentary

I believe Conrad portrays Africans as beast like and animalistic and stuff because it adds more to the social commentary in this book. i think he meant for it to make you see them as different or other than normal because that is what he believes how other people at that time saw them. in the book, he is not being shy about the whole social commentary, you can definately see some of the points he is trying to make. he is not trying to hide it, he is letting everyone know how he sees things. i can see how people think it is racist, but i think he really does it to make his point stronger and more in your face. i think if the book seems as if it racist, then Conrad did his job and did what he wanted to do because he pointed out the problem and made people more aware of the fact of what was going on. i think people only see it as racist because they dont know the background of why he wrote the book or they dont know that the point he was making was toward social commentary

Plot

So far in the story there is really only one character. His name is Charlie Marlow. The story starts off with someone telling a story to someone. So basically it is a story within a story, if that makes any sense. So Charlie has always wanted to go to this continent where there is a river that looks like a snake to him. So he decides to pursue his goal and tries to become a riverboat captain. His aunt helps him get a job with a company that deals or trades ivory or something like that. So he gets his job. The continent he was talking about is Africa and the river he was talking about was the Congo River. He gets there and sees many black slaves. That is as far as i got so far. There is barely any dialogue in the book and most of the time he just talking about what he sees and observes. In my opinion, the book moves very slowly.

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