<em>"Heart of Darkness"</em>, written by Joseph Conrad in 1889 in England, has been criticized as racist <em>"for the way the author describes poorly every person he writes about and miscast the Europeans as the victims of colonization", </em>according to Nigerian Author Chinua Achebe.
In his essay <em>“An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness” </em>(1977), the Nigerian author commented that the vision of Conrad was as racist as other African stories on the 19th century.
Another argument the author expresses is that the book emphasizes Europe’s idea of superiority over Africa.
That is why some people consider "Heart of Darkness" as racist.
He basically gives him his resume, or all the heroic things he has done in the past, such as: he has never been defeated, he has saved many people, he talks about how he lost the swimming match to his friend Brecca because he stopped to help him against sea monsters which attacked him, etc.
These boasts are here for Beowulf to show to Lord Hrothgar that he is worthy of defending his kingdom against the monster Grendel.
The comma would end up between but and orange.
"You may have an apple or an orange, but you can't have both."
This is because you're coming to a conjunction, which usually has a comma preceding, or coming before, it.
Is it informal letter or formal letter