Marlow overuses the terms "savage" and "savagery" to refer to natives; he states that: "I had to take care of the savage who was a fireman". (HD p. 97) He becomes the cog of the colonial and racial system as well as the representative of the imperial dichotomy. Consequently his existence in Congo is permissible since he is an employee of the colonial power. His imperial mission, which intensifies his anxiety, aims to redefine the natives according to colonial criteria. The repetition of these words has a great influence on the natives. It is very similar to the brainwashing procedure as blacks believe in the image that whites give them. The native, carrying a gun and looking at his chained comrades, is a stereotypical colonial image imposed on the natives. He saw himself as part of the colonial system to which he had to be faithful by protecting himself and his white masters from the danger of blacks. The image of the reformed explains the ideology of the colonizer who spreads lies that white people are the source of security and civilization, while the Other is the source of savagery and danger. By virtue of the divide and conquer policy, colonization was able to easily deceive and control the natives. However, Phillips proposes that Marlow's purpose in presenting a barbaric image of the natives is to invite Europeans to carefully examine their civilization and its illegitimate existence in Africa (Phillips,