Question

In his novella "Heart of Darkness", why did Josef Conrad think European efforts to "civilize" the natives to be hypocritical (saying one thing while doing the opposite)?

A.The Europeans were acting as "savage" as the natives.


B.The natives actually had technology superior to the Europeans.


C.The natives were better educated than the Europeans


D.The natives refused to accept any help from Europeans.

Answer 1

Here is the answer to the given question above. Based on his novella "Heart of Darkness", Josef Conrad thought that European efforts to "civilize" the natives to be hypocritical (saying one thing while doing the opposite) because the natives were better educated than the Europeans. The answer would be option C. Hope this helps.