Comparison of Natives The natives in the Heart of Darkness and Things Fall Apart were similar in many ways. In both novels white people came into their land and disrupted their society. The white people in both books looked at the blacks as inferior and full of sin. In both stories it appears that the natives were living without real problems and the white people came in and caused complete confusion and mayhem. When the white people came into each town in Africa they assumed they had the right to be there. The natives did not speak the white peoples language nor did they understand their politics or customs. Thus, the natives were unable to understand h