This is revealed in the novel by the aunt when she describes Marlow's journey as a "Mission"; Marlow is the main character of the novel, Joseph Conrad's Heart Of Darkness. ... Within Heart Of Darkness the reader is offered the choice of being taken gently by the hand and lead into the Congo where they can discover for their self, the realisation of the vileness that colonialism is. ... His only way of getting his message across to the misguided invaders was to write this tale of truths. ... The novel Things Fall Apart is not a tale of passion and love for humankind as I had expect...

• Word Count: 1884
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate