Jungle Fever

In Jungle Fever, Dunby discusses what takes an ongoing debate, which takes place in a lit humanism class. The class discusses Conrad's Heart of Darkness as a novel which takes you on a journey through evil vs good. The debate gets very heated b/c the students have different views on the point of the book. I would have to agree with the student Henry because he doesn't neccessarily confine the novel strictly to race and western imperialism, but he suggests that the struggle of good vs. evil is present in all men. This subject is not a race issue entirely, but a humanity issue. People are capable of anything when thrown into certain situations. In The Heart of Darkness Conrad portrays the Africans as the savages when in reality it can be true of all humanity. The teacher Shapiro makes the point that although this may be true we are capable of changing the way we think and society.