HIST 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Alpaca
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Conrad is a product of his times how britain, imperial powers see themselves. White man"s burden (some, but not as much, imperial powers not in there to do good) Not many people have names in this book. It could happen to anyone almost like a fable. Gets job (steamship navigator) because the last one died. Colonists he meets looking for recognition, gold, ivory, rubber. Critical of the other white people places himself above them, but still has imperialist viewpoint. First white man that he saw chief accountant. Alpaca jacket in africa, suit, not even trying to acclimate/adapt to conditions dissociated from what"s going on. The manager, the uncle, want to get rid of kurtz, trying to take over . Brickmaker people are just uncertain/uneasy around him, only there because he does not get sick. First natives he sees are starving, dying, skeletal, tied together by chains, forced labor. Not strong and fierce, run away when he blows the whistle.
