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The story is centered on Marlow’s escapade to the Congo River in search of Kurtz, the chief of the inner station. During this trip Marlow observes certain situations happening around him that are just quite odd. There are two speakers in the story: Marlow and an unnamed passenger. Conrad uses this method to create an adventure story-like mood. This also gives the readers a chance to place themselves within the story by relating to the unnamed passenger. The primary conflict is between Marlow and Kurtz’s minds. They have a basic understanding of how things are but have different versions to it. Like the act of being civilized. Marlow feels he should live by social standards and Kurtz feels he should live by his own standards. The climax is where Marlow finally meets with Kurtz at the InnerStation. This is the point where things take off leaving Marlow slightly confused and unsure how to react. Internal and external action moves the play along. The journey to the InnerStation is the rising action and once Kurtz dies the reader is left with falling action. Yet the reader is still drawn in to see how Marlow reacts and lives Kurtz death and how he’ll react to social standards again. The point of view is first person plural everything is in the past tense. Marlow narrates his story while telling some of it to a few other passengers. Then there is one other unnamed passenger who helps to narrate the story along. The whole story is basically on what is witnessed and experienced. Conrad uses this point of view to allow readers to experience what is happening and at the same time feel as though they are outsiders looking in.
Approximate Word count = 1057
Approximate Pages = 4.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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