protagonist - marlow

As I read further into the book, I've learned more about Marlow. He is smart, hard working, and proud of himself and what he has accomplished. There's one part in the book where the navigation up the river as difficult and this gave him the feeling of being cut off from everything else in the world. They've also got attacked by Natives, but Marlow didn't feel worried. I would've been scared. Later on, as he was walking along the trail to find Kurtz, he was reminising about his journey with the knitting women, there were pilgrims shooting rifles into the bush. He then thought he would never get out of the woods. I would not imagine he would feel this way because through out the first part of the book, he seemed strong.

At first, I agreed with the Conrad being "racist" point of view, but after reading Fernando's point of view, I agree with him that this negative portrayal of Africans makes the social commentary stronger. I see the Europeans as people who would punk on any race of people just to get land and just to win. They are the type of people who "gets whatever they want" and if they don't they'll harm anyone in their way. People have always seen African American's as slaves being chained up, etc.

Heart of Darkness - Protagonist.

Charlie Marlow is the main character in this book. After the first few pages of the book, he is speaking in first person. He has been hired as the ships (the Nellie .. right?) captain.He is accompanied by four other people, a company director, an accountant, a lawyer, and Conrad?. He is like a pilot (sunburnt neck, broad shoulders, set of blue clothes) and an idol (sunken cheeks, yellow complexion, straight back, ascetic aspect, arms dropped, palms of hands outwards). He was the only man of many who still followed the sea, but he doesn't represent his class. Being a seaman, he also lead an wanderer's life.

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