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English, 05.02.2020 08:55 GingerSnaps

Read the following excerpt from joesph conrads heart of darkness:
there had been a lot of such rot let loose in print and talk just about that time, and the excellent woman, living right in the rush of all that hamburg, got carried off her feet. she talked about weaning those ignorant millions from their horrid ways till upon my word, she made me quite uncomfortable. i ventured to hint that the company was run for profit.

which statement best describes marlows point of view in the passage?

a. he has no patience with the attitude that imperialism is about saving souls. he thinks the colonists are simply pursuing their own self intrests.

b. he is convinced of the imperialistic idea that africans are ignorant, and that he can them by converting them to his religion.

c. he is so excited about the adventure of facing him in africa that he can barely stand to sit politely and drink tea with his old humbug of an aunt.

d. he feels uncomfortable because his excellent aunt is ill and needs to be carried everywhere she goes and he cannot her while he is away.

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