Throughout the Heart of Darkness, Marlow witnesses the hopelessness of the natives there (Ford, Par 3). He sees the corruption within the ivory dealers and Kurtz, the leader of the ivory exporting company. In all that Marlow saw, he saw in everything, the greed and the salvation of humankind.

Marlow is initially quite enthralled to have his new job and about traveling into the jungle to meet the mysterious Kurtz. But the greed of the "pilgrims" (Conrad pg. 22), or his coworkers, soon becomes visible to Marlow. The crisis in almost every one of Conrad's novels arrives "by a statue of accident" (Ford, Par 1), when Marlow finds himself abruptly committed to his destiny. He starts believe that Kurtz the ivory dealer is the beacon of salvation within the fog of avarice and death in the jungle.

Once arriving in the "Darkness" (Conrad, pg. 3), or the jungle, Marlow sees that the jungle had consumed Kurtz's heart completely, as Kurtz believes that he is some sort of god. The author......

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Title: Heart Of Darkness
Approximate Word Count: 518
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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