Heart of Darkness

Relation to Heart of Darkness
Globalization is shown in the book, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad in the center of the story. The story that Marlow tells of his journey to the Congo prominantly shows how Europeans are trying to remake Europe and make the Congo a new place to live, trade, and prosper.

An example of globalization is how the Europeans decide to start a trade post for ivory. The Europeans start  getting greedy and forces the natives into a new way of giving and recieving goods. They also start to enslave natives and force them into a new world being placed on top of their own.

Ivory plays into globalization through the example in Heart of Darkness. The Congo has an abundance of elephants which means tusks of ivory to use. Europeans wanted to have ivory in their part of the world after they went and found it. When ivory became popular everywhere thats when globalization happened.

Imperialism and Globalization
Globalization can also connect with imperialism on this level because the Europeans forced their way into the Congo, enslaved natives and claimed the land as theirs to build on. They thought only how to better their country and earn money without taking the consequences into account. Marlow seems to be the only one that realized how inhumane it was and in many ways he was able to describe the definition of imperialism with his thoughts and actions.

Examples of Conrads Veiws
Joseph Conrad uses this book to express his personal veiws. His examples show that he doesnt support imperialism and sees it as wrong. His description of the state of things in the Congo and giving Marlow a passionate disposition show his feelings as well.

Marlows description of the slaves when he first arrives is showing his compassion and how he thinks the whole situation is wrong. He sees them as black shapes and not really human. He sounds sympathetic for them. He finds it hard to believe that the natives had been so neglected and abused.