Asnarrates his journey up the river, each stop represents a change in his perspective
on the colonial society into which he progresses. This is a literally journey between the
stations, but even more so it is a figurative journey from light into the darkness of the title.
At the same time, as Marlow learns more about the Congo and about his mysterious subject (), the
journey can be considered one of enlightenment which culminates in Marlows meeting with Kurtz
and understanding his character.
Marlow stops at three stations, each of
which presents a new set of obstacles which he must either accept or change. One way that he
comes to understand the colonial territory is that it often presents barriers that cannot be
overcome. Marlow becomes complicit in the enterprise that he had expected merely to observe. As
long as he accepts his mission of continuing upriver, he also agrees to the conditions that
support his moving along.
The first stop in some ways makes the
strongest...
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