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The contradiction, however, is that Marlow also feels as if he were travelling back in time. And, in fact, maybe, that is just Conrad's point.Ģ.Primitivism As the crew make their way up the river, they are travelling into the "heart of darkness". As with most issues in "Heart of Darkness", the differences between black and white are so confusing as to be almost meaningless. He seems to be suggesting that there really is not so much difference between black and white -except that this vision of racial harmony becomes more complicated when you consider that he seems to be suggesting that black people are just less evolved versions of white people the black natives are primitive and therefore innocent while the white colonizers are sophisticated and therefore corrupt.

Racism Conrad does not exactly want to buy the world a Coke, but he does seem to have some unconventional ideas about race - at least, unconventional for the late nineteenth century.