The key point i want to talk about though in this first blog is Marlow's ignorance. He has experienced a good deal in this novel so far- traveling to his new job, meeting new people, becoming introduced to this new land. However, his ignorance is very present. i dont know what the "darkness" truly is yet, for i dont know what is going to happen in the book. But Marlow is on this journey for adventure. he just wants to see more of the world - work his new job - but most of all experience this new "adventure." Obviously though, he is not a man who has seen much - i mean maybe, but not really seen other parts of the world - because immediately, in his first couple sightings of seeing black slaves - he calls them creatures. animals. crawling on "all fours." drinking water from the river. the first time he sees the natives' suffering in the forest - near the very beginning of his arrival in Africa, he completely distances himself. he looks at them and describes them with animal characteristics. they are not human in his eyes. the reason why i write about this is that i am just interested to see marlows change in perception throughout the novel, because as we get more into the novel, the more we travel into the "heart of darkness." or in other words - truly the heart of this suffering- of what he saw in the forest, and worse. will marlow eventually recognize these natives as humans? will he understand and empathize with them? or will the darkness distort his thinking and his mind as it supposedly does most people, and distance him even more to the fact that these are human beings.
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