1. How was Joseph Conrad's life similar to Marlow’s?
a. Conrad is like Marlow because they were both british seaman. He felt colonization was noble, and his duty, like Marlow. Marlow and Conrad were both interested in sailing. They both were involved with travel and the sea at a young age. Conrad was a captain of a small ship, like Marlow, and guided a steamboat into Africa.
2. What were the historical forces that drove the ivory trade in the Congo?
a. The Europeans have been taking the Africans as slaves for many, many years. When African slave trade slowed and stopped, trade turned to ivory and rubber. Leopold II of Belgian colonized the Congo. Christians felt it their duty to civilize the Africans.
3. In what way did Apocalypse Now imitate Heart of Darkness?
a. The movie took ideas from the book and applied to the scene of the Vietnam War. They both displayed the overpowering of a native people, and destruction and dismay.
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