Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad informs us about the Kurtz who first aspires to bring light to the natives in Africa ends up exploiting the natives by killing the natives who do not. Don't listen through the eyes of a 32-year-old sailor, Marlow. After reading the novel, I agree that Conrad showed his sympathy towards the native. On the other hand, via Marlow, Conrad also narrates the native in Africa through his Eurocentric point of view. According to Lajiman (2011), “Eurocentrism consists of “beliefs that postulate the past or present superiority of Europeans over non-Europeans.” » Eurocentrism can be said to have developed from Orientalism as the West's body of knowledge about the Orient, while still maintaining European culture on the higher civilizational scale. » For example, the Company in the novel believed that they were great, superior and more civilized than the natives of Africa. “In the discourse of Orientalism, the Orient was immoral and it was “the white man's burden,” as Rudyard Kipling so eloquently put it, to improve the morals of the Orients. (Sharp, 2009, page 20). The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language defines "white man's burden" as the supposed or presumed responsibility of white people to govern and transmit their culture to non-white people, often advanced to justify European colonialism. Therefore, the Company proclaimed and ingrained its propaganda in the minds of Europeans that it was their duty to go to Africa and bring “light” to civilize the natives. However, the Society that presents itself as good and “white” actually does the opposite in Africa. In fact, they raped the land and the natives in the name of greed. From here we see the ambiguity that Conrad plays it...... middle of paper ...... but it is more about his Eurocentric point of view when he narrates the "Heart of Darkness". In "Heart of Darkness", for me I think Conrad is more on the side of his people and is racist towards Africans as seen very clearly while Marlow defends Kurtz saying that what he saw in Africa cannot be entirely attributed to one man. Works Cited Conrad, J. (1995). Heart of Darkness. London: Penguin. Lajiman Janoory. (2011). Colonial Pritalism, Racism and Gender: An Overview. Selangor: Seri Kembangan, Universion Press Sdn Bhd. Moran, D. (2000). Cliff notes Conrad's Heart of Darkness and "The Secret Sharer." New York.Sharp,J,P. (2009). Geographies of postcolonialism: spaces of power and representation. Wiltshire: Trowbridge, The Cromwell Press Ltd. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, fourth edition. (2000). Houghton Mifflin Company.