Much of the "civilized" world viewed Africans as savages and beasts. They were not viewed or treated equally as humans yet they showed the most restraint. Marlow notes the insistent gnaw of hunger. Hunger is enough to drive even the most "civilized" and etiquette abiding gentlema...

<t>Death and the constant threat of the unknown in the Congo serve as motifs. All that is bad in the human mind, such as fear, manifested in the river. There is no good or joy in the river. Traits that do exist in the Congo are fear, pain, sorrow, and greed, which is the instigator of all the other ...

Much of the "civilized" world viewed Africans as savages and beasts. They were not viewed or treated equally as humans yet they showed the most restraint. Marlow notes the insistent gnaw of hunger. Hunger is enough to drive even the most "civilized" and etiquette abiding gentlema...

Andy from 1st period. Comment: Marlow is becoming obsessed with Kurtz and going as far as imagining what he looks like and when they will meet. Marlow's reputation preceded him and the Europeans he meets think highly of him, but in reality Marlow is simply a curious traveler with a veil of greatness...