The Heart of Darkness of Joseph Conrad represents the postcolonial ideology, which was not considered as such at the time, but which left the 21st century reader advantaged in the analysis of imperialism. rhetoric. The main theme of Marlow's story in Heart of Darkness is colonialism. Thanks to the hypocrisy and greed of European colonizers, the “wild” African natives were brutally exploited. Although Conrad highlights the exploitation of the natives by Europeans, he fails to realize his own Eastern ideology. Throughout the novella, Conrad focuses on the colonialism and hypocrisy of Europeans. In the first section of the short story, Marlow compares Europeans to conquerors, saying that they were not colonists. “They were conquerors, and for that you only want brutal force, without boasting when you have it, since your strength is only an accident arising from the weakness of others” (Conrad 69-70). They are portrayed as arrogant aggressors who profit from the exploitation of others. The Europeans had enough means and interests to take control of the Congo and its natives.. ...