Heart of Darkness Blog #3

Marlow is changing and he doesnt even know it yet. i talked about in one my blogs i think that marlow is already willing to lie now for kurtz because of the brickmaker. but when marlow thinks that kurtz is dead, both marlow and the readers get this whole new surprise of what is inside him. it is like he lost almost all of his purpose. "There was a sense of emtreme disappointment, as though i had found out that i had been striving after something altogether without a substance. i couldnt have been more disgusted if i had traveled all this way for the sole purpose of talking with mr. kurtz.....now i will never hear him." In a way, kurtz has come to represent the importance of his mission. At teh beginning of the story - he was seeking out adventure - new places, etc. but now...it is as if his purpose has only become part of africa. as if the darkness controls it. this is so random but it reminds me of when people get so immersed in highschool drama - that its all they think about. they forget about the bigger picture in life - and it is like kurtz has been listening to so many people and been surrounded by such new things that it is influencing him. it seems that what should be important to marlow is not. like the "animals" that he describes, the "less valuable animals, the natives, etc" the suffering that they are having to hold. But no, these issues go way over his head. even his job goes over his head. he is being sucked into the darkness.