However, unfortunately for the natives the cleanliness of Europeans' clothing is far more important than there life. As eloquently proved by the accountant, he appears dressed in extremely clean clothes considering his environment and immediately begins to complain to Marlow that he is having difficulty teaching the natives to clean his clothes and proceeds to add insult to injury by closing his window so as not to suffer from the noise created by the dying natives. After this Marlow enters a monologue in which he states, "Moreover, I respected the fellow.in the demoralisation of the land he kept up his appearance. That's backbone-.
Additionally, Marlow's personal motives for his venture to the Congo are essentially related to, and have a basis within the hypocrisy inherent in justification of imperialism, as Marlow's "childhood dream- was one of expanding the British Empire. Therefore, providing Marlow with a unique perspective on the immoral incidents occurring in the Congo. Moreover, it seem that as Marlow's journey progresses the severity and frequency of the savage acts which he is witness to increases as he continues to plunge ever closer to the centre of the jungle and the homicidal megalomania of Kurtz the author uses thought provocative sentence and structure to depict his expedition both drawing ever closer to and penetrating deeper into the "Heart of Darkness- both metaphorically and literally as he gains a greater comprehension of the "Darkness- of Kurtz soul. Furthermore, the idea that the colonists are the origin of the trouble is expertly illustrated by the author when the natives "Quote Cannibals- in this incident the initiative was taken by the native cannibals to bring hippo meat so as not to offend the colonists as they where conscious that cannibalism is regarded as animalistic in European culture. However, the narrow minded colonists could not permit this as the meat began to smell and threw the meat overboard, and hence could have caused there own incarceration as the food supplies where running low.
