Frederick R. Karl

Karl delves deep into the relation between Marlow and Conrad. His interesting points reflect on them not being equal but Marlow being a manifestation of Conrad's main ideals while Conrad embraces the complex character he creates. This relation between the writer and his main character lead to a deeper story that can create a character that feels real...and helps the reader travel with Marlow into the Heart of Darkness.

Reading Now vs. Reading Next Year

As I've gone through High School I've developed a greater interest in reading for pleasure; however, I still fail to find interest in reading textbooks for school. Part of the reason I am interesting in pursuing engineering is that I know I am not one to find interest and joy in reading so much on a weekly basis, at least not for school purposes. I also believe the increased pressure placed on college students to succeed while taking more interesting classes that aren't so broad will lead me to want to read more hopefully.

Freud

Freud's vision of human behavior strips down our minds to our purely natural states. By doing this, Freud comes off as extremely pessimistic and brutal even though his main argument is that this natural state is reformed through life as a process to keep us from being so sexually and violently driven. His insights are shocking to some degree, because at the age of 18 we have already gone through so many of these so called reforms that it is impossible to see that natural and cruel image that Freud believes we each start out as. While these beliefs can be shocking and scary to some, it is still heavily interesting and worth imagining if such things are true.

Pages 15-20

The sexual enuendo used by Marlow on the second page 17 is just another aspect of his impressive and interesting storytelling. His embelleshing helps carry the story along.

Pages 10-15

Marlow's story about his predecessor is quirky and quite brutal. By talking about something brutal so lightly, it helps understand how Marlow see's actions that take place in the world. This outlook on events that take place in the world seem to be pretty frequent in Marlow's story.

Tone set by Conrad

Conrad sets a very confusing and thought-provoking tone at the beginning of the novel. His descriptive imagery carries the story and brings the reader almost into Marlow's mind. Marlow's storytelling abilities seem to be what will carry the novel along. It is also interesting becuase his opinions and thoughts keep the reader engaged in the story.