Heart of darkness by Joesph Conrad
Throughout Heart of Darkness Conrad is attempting to convey to his readers that Imperialism is immoral and degrading. Using various forms of symbolism, through Marlow, Conrad expresses his views. Conrad is most likely not opposed to Imperialism completely but indicates his belief that the white man is too materialistic to understand how spiritually advanced the natives are. ... In Heart of Darkness, Conrad successfully manipulates colour, the imitation of colour and descriptions of colour to conceal his symbolic messages to the reader. ... Furthermore Conrad uses black and white repeatedly to describe good and evil. ... Conrads portrayal of the natives as "human beings with wild glances and savage movements" is ironic because Conrad does not think they have the right to be put on the same level as the white man even though Kurtz could not exist without them.