Part II is more focused on the theme of " Imperialism". Also in part II, Marlow's story flows by the frame narrator. In the novel he represents jungle as prehistoric nature. He mentions that going to the jungle was like traveling back to the beginning of the world. On pg 108, it says, " We were wanderers on a prehistoric earth, on an earth that wore the aspect of an unknown planet." Also, on pg 105, it says, "Going up that river was like traveling back to the earliest beginnings of the world, when vegetation rioted on the earth and the big trees were kings." This shows that Joseph Conrad uses a lot of literary elements and strong imagery.
I also remember this text in the novel, on pg 108: "The earth seemed unearthly. We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster, but there there you could look at a thing monster, and free." This image is very mysterious. In part II I feel that the narrator and Marlow have different attitudes and tones in the story. Part II is Marlow's journey that describe the trip in back in time. The characters Marlow and Kurtz represent conflicting opinions and images in Europe.
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i agree that this part was way more focused than part one. while reading it i didn't relized that there was a theme of imperialism, but i guess there were signs of it.
ReplyDeletei definitly saw conrad bringing in the theme of imperialist more in this part of the book than the previous one. first Marlow explains the wierd situation that the natives stand in where they are between "uneartly' and not "inhuman". then the tension really emerges with the fight breaking out between the natives and the westerners.
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