Texts in Time: Heart of Darkness vs Blood Diamond

Leukocytes Salmons maculation he schemes to use him to get his hands on an extremely important diamond the Diamond of Salmons eye (his son Did) for the large conflict stone. During the introductory half of the movie Danny is inconsiderate and self-centered however he is influenced by Salmons love, Maydays passion and Benjamin philosophy and slowly transforms into thoughtful man who potful see further than the simplistic principles of greed and riches. 010 Troy Greater pappy, further at great cost to the African civilians. But now we experience the truth and were not so happy anymore. We should thank Kick for curtain raising our eyes and questioning how far is too far? An obsession with wealth is the driving force for not only antagonists Captain Poison and avant-garde De Kappa but for the star-of-the-show, Danny Archer, too. Danny was born in Rhodesia, the country we know today as Zanzibar and lost his parents when he was seven. His mother was violated before murdered along with his father and Danny was adopted into he army.After serving his country and being robbed of his family and childishness he felt he deserved to be wealthy and became problematic in the illicit diamond trade. As he never had the prospect to value something other than money, wealth was his highest priority. Lear inning o f Of course, these limited stories are fictional, but they harbour been created to inform us that these horrific events happen, and have been taking place for over one coulomb years. Kick as described his movie as holding up a misplay to the world, to remind the world of itself, even if this image is unflattering. He has commented shifts in the icon only come ab turn up when people are willing to do this. Conrad and Kicks works comment on values like wealth, power and family and issues much(prenominal) as exploitation, discrimination and violence. In both stories something small like the appetency for a sparkly ring can have a decent and ongoing uninten ded effect. The films negative situations and human suffering are meant to demoralise us so hat we will take action, thereby producing a positive outcome from the film.This is true for Conrad and Kicks creations, as a single ledger/ movie has sparked awareness of the horror and inspired people to reach out and make a change. Please Join us in our ride for a brighter future. Feature Article Not So Crystal sack The truth about diamonds and proof our values havent changed in one hundred years. BY HOLLY SMITH Over time, our core values have remained comparatively unchanged, even if attitudes towards them now differ.