Congo Free State

Marlow, the protagonist of his novel Heart of Darkness, in his search for Kurtz. Heart of Darkness accurately depicts Conrad’s message that civilization is merely a veneer that dis-alludes human savagery, as seen in Kurtz. As Marlow navigates the Congo, he is gradually introduced to Kurtz’s character and as he goes throughout his journey Charlie creates an idealized version of Kurtz. The more Marlow learns, the more enamored he is with the mystery that is Kurtz, yet when Marlow finally reaches…

them not being able to meet up with the wild rubber rate. Leopold was also known as “Rock smasher,” in the Congo and Belgium history. Peter Bate carefully and strategically uses rhetorical choices, definition, and figurative languages to share his opinion on the topic. This documentary details the charges against King Leopold and reveals the cover up of monumental proportions. The topic of discussion is the charges against King Leopold II and how Belgium covered his horror. I would say the…

The famous Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky once noted,“The world says: "You have needs -- satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more." This is the worldly doctrine of today. And they believe that this is freedom. The result for the rich is isolation and suicide, for the poor, envy and murder.” This quote best exemplifies the ideology that enabled King Leopold the Second to exploit and destroy…

What would it be like if human nature never became “civilized?” The modernist novella, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad allowed him to communicate the different aspects of humanity by using distinctly individualized characters. The classification of characters involved in portraying humanity are Europeans, Natives and those who do not conform to either category. Conrad’s commentary on human nature in his novella Heart of Darkness is overall negative and pessimistic. Nigerian novelist, poet,…

that went on hidden behind King Leopold's deceit from around 1895-1908. This novelistic narrative, focuses on King Leopold II merciless pillage around the Congo River. While King Leopold II created a holocaust of his own, he kept up his reputation in Belgium as a great humanitarian. While Leopold was killing millions of Congolese around the Congo, most Europeans believed he was funding projects and putting a stop to slavery in East Africa. But, through all the violence and brutal acts, there…

book is based on imperialism of the Congo and the true unimaginable horrors of the time. The realistic nature of this book forces one to acknowledge the devastating treatment of people. The use of colors is inverse to what is normally established as a precedent of good and bad to show that imperialism is evil. White is universally known as good in stories, but Conrad seems to have a different point of view for this topic. White people were imperializing the Congo and they imposed tragic events…

The mission failed. The last mission of Livingstone in Africa was to find out if lualaba River flowed to the Congo or the Nile. Unfortunately, Dr. Livingstone got sick and died eventually. Stanley was sent by the great Britain to go look for Livingstone in 1870. After a year of looking for Livinstone, Stanley found him in Ujiji, Tanzania. They became close friends…

The Congo and Tanzania are both former European-owned colonies in Central Africa. They went about achieving their independence in different ways - but both nonetheless were able to do so by the early 1960s. Post-independence these countries faced many challenges, and the leadership styles of their respective leaders - Julius Nyerere of Tanzania and Joseph Mobutu (who later changed his name to Mobutu) Sese Seko of the Congo - played a crucial part in the countries’ successes and failures after…

Page 1 Source five states that Leopold put hospitals into effect at every important point in the region. He produced churches, schools, and laboratories, and organized government buildings. He cleared non-providing forests with land to produce rubber, cocoa, coffee, and other food-providing trees, vines, and crops. The locals would have noticed Leopold 's reforms in ways suggested in the picture documents. Railways, hospitals, and new currency were just some of Leopold’s reforms in order to…

individual who played a key role in King Leopold’s plans. He too came from a life of being rejected and wanted so badly to make a come up from life of pity. Stanley was noticed for his amazing handwriting during his stay at the St. Asaph Union. As the book states “It was as if, through his handwriting, he were trying to pull himself out of disgrace and turn script of his life from one of poverty to one of elegance” (22) Stanley was destined to become a famous writer which led him to eventually…