The complex novel, Heart of Darkness, is mainly a tale of Marlow's journey to the Congo. In Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad's writing is very contemplative with detail. In the Heart of Darkness, Conrad had a background with his seafaring years where Conrad was a marine merchant. Once he rose in rank and began his voyages around the world, he sailed to India, Singapore, Australia, and Africa which gave him experiences that he would later interpret in his fiction. Joseph Conrad writing style elements include dramatic conflicts between human characters and the forces of nature and themes of individualism. Such as the beginning of the novel, Conrad writes, “ The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails at rest.”
