Seminar Response 1-28

I don't think that Marlow is portrayed as being racist in this chapter. Although there are a few questionable phrases that Marlow says, but anyone who is in a new place is not used to the different culture of the people there, even if that means they are shooting arrows at them and are not fully dressed. “Yes; I looked at them as you would any human being, with a curiosity of their impulses” (42.) Here Marlow is acting just like anyone else would and want to learn more about them and their culture. What Marlow meant by the quote listed in the prompt was that they acted so differently than he was used to (37). I know that he was shocked when they started shooting arrows at the boat and was even more shocked when his driver had been hit by a spear.