The Battle Of Morality
The Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a book with many hidden representations of humanity and power. On the surface is a framed story of a man telling his shipmates of his times in the Congo free state and the horrors he faced while there. But when you dig deeper you realize the story is about the corruption of man when exposed to power. The story shines a light on the trifles of the times as well as how man with total power become detached from every form of society and its normal decorum. This is possible because the speaker provides a frame story in which he is all knowing, this snaps the reader in between society and chaos all in the that strives within the Congo. His motive is to describe the madness of a man …show more content…
Before he arrives people warn him about how it will be and how even normal men “change”. Marlow first arrives and realizes that the congo is much different than he expects the men do not work and they all seem “hollow”. Marlow’s ship was snagged on a rock and his view of the congo changes drastically and he almost fell into the virus that plagued the congo, temptation, greed, power these three factors are the disease of humanity that was amplified by the congo. Months later the speaker he is face to face with a rumor of the congo “Mr. Kurtz” a man that perhaps is the most hollow of them all and yet Marlow sides with him. In the end Marlow is forced to do something he despises and lie to protect Kurtz’s …show more content…
Conrads also very good at using the environment as a major charter creating a tension between the reader the characters and the environment. This unique three element story keeps the reader on their toes and emulates eeriness. “In a few days the Eldorado Expedition went into the patient wilderness, that closed upon it as the sea closes over a diver. Long afterwards the news came that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.” When Conrad pits the three forces, Morals, Humanity, Environment against each other it proves to be very effective at portraying a internal and external
The Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a book with many hidden representations of humanity and power. On the surface is a framed story of a man telling his shipmates of his times in the Congo free state and the horrors he faced while there. But when you dig deeper you realize the story is about the corruption of man when exposed to power. The story shines a light on the trifles of the times as well as how man with total power become detached from every form of society and its normal decorum. This is possible because the speaker provides a frame story in which he is all knowing, this snaps the reader in between society and chaos all in the that strives within the Congo. His motive is to describe the madness of a man …show more content…
Before he arrives people warn him about how it will be and how even normal men “change”. Marlow first arrives and realizes that the congo is much different than he expects the men do not work and they all seem “hollow”. Marlow’s ship was snagged on a rock and his view of the congo changes drastically and he almost fell into the virus that plagued the congo, temptation, greed, power these three factors are the disease of humanity that was amplified by the congo. Months later the speaker he is face to face with a rumor of the congo “Mr. Kurtz” a man that perhaps is the most hollow of them all and yet Marlow sides with him. In the end Marlow is forced to do something he despises and lie to protect Kurtz’s …show more content…
Conrads also very good at using the environment as a major charter creating a tension between the reader the characters and the environment. This unique three element story keeps the reader on their toes and emulates eeriness. “In a few days the Eldorado Expedition went into the patient wilderness, that closed upon it as the sea closes over a diver. Long afterwards the news came that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.” When Conrad pits the three forces, Morals, Humanity, Environment against each other it proves to be very effective at portraying a internal and external