In Conrad’s novella, Heart of Darkness, the people that Marlow encounters show imperialist ideas. Conrad writes about his thoughts on colonialism as Marlow goes through his journey. Conrad mentions that brute force is only used by conquerors. Marlow compares the tale of colonialism with the Roman colonization of Northern Europe and the fascination associated with that endeavor. Heart of Darkness speaks about two mens’ realization of their dark, evil, side of themselves. Marlow, the second narrator of the framed narrative, embarked upon a spiritual adventure on which he witnessed firsthand the wicked potential in everyone. On his journey into the dark, forbidden congo, Marlow encountered Kurtz, a “remarkable man” and “universal genius,” who
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Conrad saw all the atrocities of imperialism and wrote this novel in his own effort to wrap his mind around what was happening. In Heart of Darkness, we hear a story of a sailor named Marlow. Marlow is telling his story to other sailors as they sail out to the sea. Marlow tells the story of his previous trip up the Congo River. Marlow’s task is to find a man named Kurtz, is the head of a station, deep in the jungle. Kurtz is a mystery man as Marlow gets closer to him in his journey up the river. Kurtz is worshipped by the native Africans as a kind of god. The novella is the journey of Marlow to find this man named Kurtz and to bring him …show more content…
The brown current is symbolic of the natives that live in the Congo, the natives try and chase Marlow out of the Congo. Brown is a color that makes you think of the river as murky and contaminated. It is almost like when it ran through the heart of darkness, some of the darkness ran off into the river. Perhaps the river is moving so swiftly away from the interior so that it can get away from the evil. The river is slow when going towards the interior because it does not want to be there anymore than the people traveling the river do. The river portrays the hesitation of Marlow going into the heart of darkness and the speed of him wanting to flee from
Conrad saw all the atrocities of imperialism and wrote this novel in his own effort to wrap his mind around what was happening. In Heart of Darkness, we hear a story of a sailor named Marlow. Marlow is telling his story to other sailors as they sail out to the sea. Marlow tells the story of his previous trip up the Congo River. Marlow’s task is to find a man named Kurtz, is the head of a station, deep in the jungle. Kurtz is a mystery man as Marlow gets closer to him in his journey up the river. Kurtz is worshipped by the native Africans as a kind of god. The novella is the journey of Marlow to find this man named Kurtz and to bring him …show more content…
The brown current is symbolic of the natives that live in the Congo, the natives try and chase Marlow out of the Congo. Brown is a color that makes you think of the river as murky and contaminated. It is almost like when it ran through the heart of darkness, some of the darkness ran off into the river. Perhaps the river is moving so swiftly away from the interior so that it can get away from the evil. The river is slow when going towards the interior because it does not want to be there anymore than the people traveling the river do. The river portrays the hesitation of Marlow going into the heart of darkness and the speed of him wanting to flee from