heart of darkness
... inhumanness was correct. As he starts contemplating about this, his fear about this issue is also depicted in the passage. “but what thrilled you was just When Marlow finally reaches where Mr. Kurtz is living, his crew encounters more natives and they attack Marlow’s crew. Marlow did not expect this to occur and he questions what this had happened after the attack. When he meets the Russian, Marlow asks this question to the Russian and the Russian tells him that the natives did not mean any harm. “They are simple people... Oh, they meant no harm” (65) “They don’t want him to go... I tell you, this man has enlarged my mind.” (67) From this passage, Marlow’s disappointment of wrong assumption is seen through the tone of his voice. “For the moment that was the dominant thought. There was a sense of extreme disappointment, as though I had found out I had been striving after something altogether without a substance.” (57) After much struggle, Marlow is finally able to meet Mr. Kurtz in part III of the book. As Marlow approaches Mr. Kurtz’s windows, he is surprised by t...