Heart_Of_Darkness

Heart Of Darkness Heart of Darkness The Novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is an autobiography of his journey in Congo. The autobiography is represented by the narrator listening to a story spoken by a third person. However, this meta-narrative also denotes the tapping into one’s mind about a certain ‘darkness.’ This darkness is represented by the impenetrable wilderness and the people within this surrounding. In the beginning, Marlow, the actual narrator, sits on a boat like a Buddha in meditation. After the ship anchors itself securely in the middle of the river, he begins his story by claiming this place as ‘one of the dark places of the earth’ (1959). Through the influence of his Aunt, he gets the position of Captain of one of a steamer in Africa. When he arrives to the interviewing site, he notices a map on the wall. The colorful map shows a big yellow continent which turns out to be the place where he will be exploring. The color yellow implies the hardship of the journey and the dreadful outcome that follows the exploration. Also at the site, there are two ladies knitting black wool. They are described heart, darkness, wilderness, marlow, within, kurtz, because, natives, mind, white, story, station, journey, inner, black, throughout, though, person, people, one, narrator, marlow’s, ivory, human, greed, exploring, described, depths, accountant, about, yellow, whites, whistle, unknown, tribes