Heart of Darkness

 

The setting is on a sailboat on the River Thames, and the main character is Marlow who is a member of the crews. He tells his friends about his experiences as the steamboat captain on the River Congo. He traveled a lot of countries and he came back to London but he realized that he had never been to Africa. And then, he entered the trading company with his relative’s help. Thus, he got the chance to go there. He watched slave there and he heard about Mr. Kurtz who is representative of the company. Mr. Kurtz brings a lot of ivories but when he arrived and took off the loads from his boat, he returned to the interior of the jungle. And then Mr. Kurtz caused him to question his own nature and values of his society.

This story was written from real experiences. And also, I think Joseph Conrad tried to write about the darkness of human soul same as this title.