Civilised White Man No Different From Savages in Heart of Darkness

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African drums, "a sound weird, appealing, suggestive, and wild and perhaps with as profound a meaning as the sound of bells in a Christian country." Once again, Marlow draws a parallel between Africa and Europe, comparing the African drums to European church bells. Though on the surface he seems to be making a casual statement, in actual fact he links the Africans closely with the Europeans, suggesting once again that they are no different. This is further emphasized by the language used to describe the drumbeats, "appealing" and "suggestive", implying that though white man does not recognise it, he, in some way, identifies with the drumbeats and therefore with the savage natives. This is an example
of Conrad's narrative technique which he uses to deal with the theme of civilisation's fragility.
This narrative technique is also evident early on in the novel. His description of Fresleven and Belgium are very similar. He first describes the scene of Fresleven's death as "grass ...

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