Heart of Darkness & Other Stories by Joseph Conrad

“He informed me it was Kurtz who had ordered the attack to be made on the steamer.” “He hated sometimes the idea of being taken away”, Kurtz also made an alliance with one group of natives to get ivory and rid of another. “He drew men towards him by what was best in them.” He was very charismatic. ‘“He is a prodigy” he said at last “He is an emissary of pity, and science, and progress, and devil knows what else.”’ He is first described as how the white people wanted to be seen. “I always went my own road on my own legs where I had a mind to go” independent, intelligent because he won’t let himself be fooled by the company. When they go up the Thames, they enter the heart of darkness too. Title, when they go into the jungle with their boat, they enter the heart of darkness. Kurtz ordered the attack.ģ Kurtz dies, Marlow goes back to Britain Goes up the river to find him, he finds him, but they were attacked underway. In those times better than used to be (Romans).Ĭontent: Conrad was in 1890 in Africa, it are his own experiences.Ĭonnections, so he became captain of a steamship.ġ When he gets in Africa, Marlow goes to his station.Ģ Quite some time -> message he has to go to Kurtz. Other books include “The Nigger of the Narcissus” (1897), “Lord Jim” (1900)Ĭonrad is one of the most influential 1900-1920 writers, difficult English.Īttacks colonization in general. Became British in 1886, went to Belgian Congo in 1890.

Ukraine, Polish patriot parents, exile, sailor at 17.

Heart of Darkness & Other Stories by Joseph Conrad