Insight into Heart of Darkness

There have been few novels that have had the ability to change my perspectives about life and the world around us. Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, is not one of them. Not because I disagree with or dislike his work. He can’t, after all, change my outlook on life if he and I share the same opinions. One such thing is reflected in how our view of Kurtz is not too far from …showed first 75 words of 1215 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1215 total…that that “good heart” is literally and metaphorically engulfed in darkness, never to see the light of day. Humans are not good by nature. It is so-called civilization that alters us. It is like a drug. The moment it’s effects are gone, you revert back to what you are. Civilization creates white cloak around us. But if we were to part the cloak and look inside what we would see would be truly… horrible.