I feel that I am out of my depth with this book. I'm not sure exactly
what Conrad was intending. On a surface level it may be some commentary
about imperialism but I doubt that was where he wanted the reader to
stop. The title itself encourages us to go beyond the physical darkness
that is in the heart of the Congo. Kurtz is obviously the key. We find a
man that seems to have the propensity toward extremism who finds
himself in a place where the encouragement of social custom and morality
is removed and what is found in Kurtz is an evil within himself that
takes full possession. Actually we see the evil building from the shores
of Africa inward with the utter disregard for human life. Kurtz seems
to be the pinnacle of what the release of man's primal nature can look
like, and it's not pretty.
"The horror, the horror!"
No comments:
Post a Comment