... kind of fun!- (Lothe, Jakob. Conrad's Narrative Method. Claredon Press. Oxford. 1989. page 22.) But at the same time, they recognize the downfalls in Kurtz's character. This contrast illustrates the inner evil of man, even within the reader himself! Marlow is portrayed as being more humanistic. He sees the workers "black shadows of disease and starvation- and pities for them where most Europeans cast them aside ... , put in an ideal condition with nothing to inhibit his happiness, finds a way to screw things up. Golding also uses darkness to symbolize the lack of the controlling effect o...

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