Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad as an indictment on Colonialism and exposes the real face of Colonizers

Joseph Conrad"s Heart of Darkness is based on Conrad"s own exploration of the African country and the famous congo river flowing through that country. Joseph Conrad himself observed the mentality of the white traders and the manner in which they treated the native Africans. Joseph Conrad was very much disappointed when he witnessed the various events in which white Europeans are committing against native population. White Europeans are treating them as slaves and are plundering their natural resources, besides giving them inhuman treatment. In the novel, the writer has expressed in lucid terms the condition of native Africans who are living under dark colonial rule of Europe. The writer feels sympathy for their sad condition and exposes the real face of colonizers, whose sole motive is to loot their natural resources and using various tactics in order to strengthen their colonial rule. The book is regarded as an attack on imperialism and criticizes immoral treatments of the European colonizers in Africa in the 19th century. The purpose of this study is to focus on the pathetic condition of Africans who are considered by Europeans as savages, uncivilized, barbarous, beasts, rude and wild etc.