Imperialism can be defined as a policy that helped foreign countries expand its influence and territory through militarism or diplomacy. As we saw in World History class, this type of government was different from colonialism because it forced the natives to acquire their costumes, traditions and also beliefs from foreign countries. In my opinion, the book "Heart of the Darkness" written by Joseph Conrad can show us both cases, since the French and Belgian empire forced Africans to acquire their own costumes and activities using violence and they also able to expand their territory and also their trade. with products that could only be found there, like ivory. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”? Get an original essaySo according to the facts mentioned before I am going to talk about some parts of the reading which explain the situation the natives were in and also the violence that the extravaganzas implemented but apart from that I am going to talk a bit of how sailors saw the African jungle in its own perspective. Marlow was captain of a steamship that transported ivory from central Africa, called Belge. from the Congo, to the empires of France and Belgium, to do this they only took several months to arrive at the colonies where the ivory traffickers were located. During these months, the crew had to make stops on the other side of the river, where some colonies were built. Imperialism somehow made it so that the empires among themselves did not know the language of their neighbors but on the other hand the Africans knew the language of their conquerors. Joseph Conrad in his work said: “I could not believe my eyes! They were encrypted! Yes, they looked like encryption,” referring to the notes that Marlow found in a book in an abandoned house, but when Marlow, the character who said this, got to know the author of these notes, he discovered that these “encryptions” were actually Russian. (it was also a not so common language at that time). It is important to know that not all natives of Africa were "domesticated", there were many tribes who still continued their normal lives but hid from outsiders because they did not want to acquire traditions or be slaves. These natives were wild but sometimes they could have been seduced by the traffickers' gifts or by their treats or their knowledge. Mr. Kurtz, an ivory trafficker, wanted since the beginning of his trip to prove a group of savages right and he succeeded after a few months. The tribe that Mr. Kurtz claimed worshiped him and he also felt part of the tribe but without losing his goal of obtaining ivory. One thing I didn't mention is that Mr. Kurtz was the best trafficker in the French empire but some people didn't like his methods and wanted him dead. Most of the sailors did not know all of the Belgian Congo and when someone delved into the jungles (in the book the center of the jungle is commonly referred to as the heart of darkness), they were afraid and they didn't know what would happen to them. Imperialism is partly responsible for this ignorance because all the territories of Africa have been divided by European countries, so that each country has its own territory and cannot enter other territories. In addition, the sailors did not know the Belgian Congo at all because certain areas were dangerous since there were savage tribes and they could attack the ships and the crew. There is a situation in the book.