Heart of Darkness - Reflection by Joseph Conrad. Chapter two.

Heart of Darkness - Reflection
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a novel which deals with many aspects of civilised society and the effect that other worlds have upon civilised people. Conrad particularly focus's on the changes that occur to people when they travel into the depths of Africa which he aptly refers to as the Heart of Darkness.
At this stage of the text Conrad, through the character of Marlow, is explaining to us the trip up the mighty river of Africa where he hopes to meet his idol, the infamous Kurtz. As we first enter this passage, we see instantaneous imagery of a da…