“Once upon a time, I had somebody I cared about… It was a partner. Somebody I had to look after. And in this world, that sort of shit’s good for one thing: Gettin’ you killed. So you know what I did? I wizened the f*** up, and realized it got to be just me out there.” -Bill - The Last of Us.
The Remanent, The Liberator, and The Annihilator
When the Superego is introduced into a place in which the Id is dominant, it will crumble, and it is forced to find the motivation within itself to survive. Finding that motivation is the foundation of Heart of Darkness and Joseph Conrad shows the effects that the characters face in ways the reader may never understand. It is human-nature to do what it takes to live, and those decisions made will regulate your chances of survival.
Heart of Darkness is a compelling and difficult novella that gives an ambiguous outlook on what happens to mankind when he is removed from society’s external restraints; he must heed to the innate challenges found within the subconscious that he will overcome, fail, or forever be changed.
Marlow’s propensity towards truthfulness is exposed to pure unadulterated human nature; compared to his …show more content…
His childlike aspect is not faltered by the Heart of Darkness, and we see it light a fire in his ambition. One can assume that this ambition is what brought him to Kurtz in the beginning, presumably to find his call to adventure. Or perhaps to run away from something in his home country. Nevertheless, his problems are resolved in the end. This is unequivocally true because The Russian had done his time, and has decided to save himself the grief of Kurtz death or of his own. “We intervened not only to save others but also to save ourselves” (Ignatieff, Michael). The Russian has successfully saved himself, removing his presence, and his own being from the Congo, moving on to a better
The Remanent, The Liberator, and The Annihilator
When the Superego is introduced into a place in which the Id is dominant, it will crumble, and it is forced to find the motivation within itself to survive. Finding that motivation is the foundation of Heart of Darkness and Joseph Conrad shows the effects that the characters face in ways the reader may never understand. It is human-nature to do what it takes to live, and those decisions made will regulate your chances of survival.
Heart of Darkness is a compelling and difficult novella that gives an ambiguous outlook on what happens to mankind when he is removed from society’s external restraints; he must heed to the innate challenges found within the subconscious that he will overcome, fail, or forever be changed.
Marlow’s propensity towards truthfulness is exposed to pure unadulterated human nature; compared to his …show more content…
His childlike aspect is not faltered by the Heart of Darkness, and we see it light a fire in his ambition. One can assume that this ambition is what brought him to Kurtz in the beginning, presumably to find his call to adventure. Or perhaps to run away from something in his home country. Nevertheless, his problems are resolved in the end. This is unequivocally true because The Russian had done his time, and has decided to save himself the grief of Kurtz death or of his own. “We intervened not only to save others but also to save ourselves” (Ignatieff, Michael). The Russian has successfully saved himself, removing his presence, and his own being from the Congo, moving on to a better