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the effects of the civilization. The writer is curious to know Mr. Kurtz?s reasons in
civilizing the Africans. Moreover, the writer is also curious to know the effects
that occur due to Mr. Kurtz?s civilization in Africa. In the end, the writer wants to
reveal whether Kurtz?s motivation to civilize the Africans will affect the Africans
and Mr. Kurtz himself. In conducting the analysis the writer limits the analysis on
Mr. Kurtz as the main character. For this purpose, the writer uses cultural
approach and Post colonialism theory and several concepts which are
Eurocentrism, Orientalism, and Mimicry. By applying the concept of
Eurocentrism as the base in each Kurtz?s action while he lives in the center of
Africa, the writer is able to find out that the major reason of Kurtz?s motivation in
civilizing the Africans is Mr. Kurtz?s Eurocentric background. Furthermore, the
writer uses Post colonialism and the concept of Orientalism to justify how Kurtz
portrays the Africans as a colonized people. By using the concepts of Mimicry the
writer is able to reveal the effects of the civilization that occur to the Africans is
the courage to oppose Mr. Kurtz which makes him insane. Finally, Mr. Kurtz?s
insanity becomes an irony for him regarding his personal motivation to civilize
the uncivilized.