1. Human wildness in the Heart of
Darkness
Xiaoting lin

2. Thesis
wildness is inside of everybody, only
hidden in the depth of the heart.

3. Heart of Darkness
• the dark side of Africa
• the darkness of
humanity

4. Heart of Darkness
• corruption of imperialism and colonization
• humanity is corroded at the primitive place

5. Apocalypse Now
• mankind is easy to lose
control of self in the
endless killing and stay
too long in battlefield.

6. Apocalypse Now
• The savages and the
blood provoke the
wildness in a human's
heart

7. conclusion
• Humanity, civilization and ethics are
challenged by primitive places, savage and
immorality

8. Work Cited
Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness. Ed. Modern Library Paperback. Blackwood’s
magazine,1899 print.
Apocalypse Now. Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. Pref. Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall,
Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottons, Laurence Fishburne and
Dennis Hopper. Zoetrope Studios, 1979 Film
Birgit, Maier-Katkin. At the Heart of Darkness: Crimes Against Humanity and the
Banality Evil.
Human Rights Quarterly Volume 26. Ed. Daniel, Maier-Katkin. 2004. 584-604 Print.
Sara Assad Nassab. A postcolonial and psychological approach to Heart of
Darkness. Department of Languages and Cuture. Ed. Prof. Billy Gray. June 2006.