Throughout the novel, author Joseph Conrad’s detailed and realistic description of the wilderness and cruel colonial rule stands in contrast to the narrative symbolism of the story. Overcoming much adversity, Marlow travels upriver to meet the man – an encounter that leaves a deep and lifelong mark on Marlow. Having a charismatic personality, Kurtz is the most successful trading agent of the company, delivering huge amounts of ivory. When he arrives in Africa, he hears rumors about a Mr. Kurtz, who reportedly lives (and rules) hundreds of miles upriver. In the latter days of European colonialism, Marlow becomes the captain of a run-down steamer for a Belgian trading company. It’s with bated breath that the reader follows the brief but harrowing account of Charlie Marlow, who, in dense prose, recounts his journey up the Congo River and into the heart of Africa – and the “heart of darkness” – for it is also a journey into the dark places of the human soul. A Journey into the Darkest Abyss of the Human Heart
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