Imperialism can be defined as a policy that helped foreign countries expand their influence and territory through militarism or diplomacy. As we saw in World History, this type of government was different from colonialism because it forced natives to acquire the customs, traditions, and even beliefs of foreign countries. In my opinion the book “Heart of Darkness” written by Joseph Conrad can show us both cases, since the French and Belgian empire forced Africans to acquire their customs and activities using violence and in the same way they were able to expand its territory and also trade. with products that could only be found there, such as ivory. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay So, based on the previously mentioned facts, I will talk about some parts of the reading that explain the situation that the natives were in and also the violence that the oddballs implemented but besides that I will talk a little about how the sailors saw the jungle of Africa from his perspective. Marlow was a captain of a steamship that transported ivory from the center of Africa, called the Belgian Congo, to the empires of France and Belgium, doing so took several months before arriving at the settlements where the ivory traffickers were located. During those months the crew had to make stops across the river where some settlements were built. Imperialism meant that the empires between them did not know the language of their neighbors, but on the other hand, 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 they were encrypted” referring to the notes that Marlow found in a book in an abandoned house, but when Marlow, the character who said it, met the author of those notes he discovered that those “encryptions” were actually Russian (which 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 hiding from foreigners because they did not want to acquire traditions nor be slaves. Those natives were wild but could sometimes be seduced by the traffickers' gifts or their delicacies or knowledge. Mr. Kurtz, an ivory trafficker, wanted to avenge a group of savages from the beginning of his journey and succeeded after a few months. The tribe, which Mr. Kurtz claimed, adored him and he also felt part of the tribe but without losing his goal which was to obtain the ivory. One thing I didn't mention is that Mr. Kurtz was the best dealer in the French empire but some people didn't like his methods and wanted him dead. Most of the seafarers did not know all of the Belgian Congo and when someone went deep into the jungles (in the book the center of the jungle is commonly referred to as the heart of darkness) they became scared and did not know what would happen to them. Imperialism caused some of this ignorance because all the territories in Africa were divided from European countries, so each country has its own territories and they could not enter other territories. Furthermore, the seafarers did not know the Belgian Congo at all because some areas were dangerous because there were wild tribes and they could attack the ships and the crew. There is a situation in the book that left me intrigued, almost at the end of the story when Marlow arrived at the settlement where Mr. Kurtz was, he saw in the distance many buried poles and on top there seems to be some kind of ornament but more later when he got closer he saw that the "ornaments" were in fact i.