Achede makes many objections to The Heart of Darkness. One of his many objections is against the idea of colonialism. Colonialism is the movement of western nations invading Africa for their land and raw materials. Achede makes the argument against colonialism saying who are the westerners to think they are above the Africans. In Apocalypse Now a form of colonialism is apparent as well. The American troops view themselves above Vietnamese people by asserting control over them. In both The Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse now the natives have invaders come into their homeland and try to destroy and change things for the invaders own benefit without sympathy. Both pieces show that the invaders feel superiority to the natives for illegitimate reasons. Both stories also draw parallels between each other because in both show how the invaders dehumanize the natives. I believe this may be necessary in a war in order to be able to cope and come to terms with killing others.