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Heart of Darkness: Cruelty

David Yu

In Joseph Conrad's book Heart of Darkness the Europeans are cut off
from civilization, overtaken by greed, exploitation, and material interests
from his own kind. Conrad develops themes of personal power, individual
responsibility, and social justice. His book has all the trappings of the
conventional adventure tale - mystery, exotic setting, escape, suspense,
unexpected attack. The book is a record of things seen and done by Conrad
while in the Belgian Congo. Conrad uses Marlow, the main character in the book,
as a narrator so he himself can enter the story and tell it out of his own
philosophical mind. Conrad's voyages to the Atlantic and Pacific, and the
coasts of Seas of the East brought contrasts of novelty and exotic discovery.
By the time Conrad took his harrowing journey into the Congo in 1890, reality
had become unconditional. The African venture figured as his descent into hell.
He returned ravaged by the illness and mental......

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