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This paper discusses the book, "Heart of Darkness" written by Joseph Conrad. The paper provides a plan by which to write an essay on this book. It presents the general lines of reasoning and the major themes and symbols that need to be referred to when discussing the question of complicity. The paper offers an outline that can be filled with examples and supporting (or contrary) ideas. It also provides a comprehensive exposition of the general lines of a book that can be difficult to come to terms with.
Outline
Introduction
Relationships between Characters
Relationship between Reader and Narrator
Relationship between Reader and Author
The Nature of Complicity

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"On November 15, 1884, the representatives of fourteen European powers and a plethora of ambassadors gathered in Berlin to decide the faith of colonial Africa. From 1884 to 1909, 5 to 21 million Africans (about 50% of the population of the Congo Basin) perished. Such collective palliation of the crimes of humanity was called by some "a whitewashed official complicity in political spheres". Along with this, it is important to note that Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness, serialized in 1899, holds a central position in what is defined as "colonial literature", developing on a number of different themes, European imperialism and shared complicity in particular. The hushed complicity we can observe in Heart of Darkness involves the protection of a common secret, leading to the covering up of a joint guilt. But to properly understand complicity, we should bear in mind that it is rooted in a complex relationship of proximity and mutual understanding."

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