When he arrives to the interviewing site, he notices a map on the wall. The colorful map shows a big yellow continent which turns out to be the place where he will be exploring. ... He then arrives at the doctor's office for a physical examination, where the doctor asks if he is in good mental condition. The physician's question provides a certain preliminaries as to what the world is like in that wilderness. ...
This is the first physical description of Kurtz the reader is given and the clothing that he is wearing seems to be the high point. ... Being able to "help [women] to stay is that beautiful world of their own" (p115) seems to be very important when it comes to being a man. ... Wealth is a way for men to prove to the outside world that "he's a man. ... Marlow tells his listeners about when he was a child and his fascination with maps. ... Many boys want to explore the world and fill their heads with as many stories as possible. ...
In Heart of Darkness by Conrad, Marlow only wants a job and to travel the world. Since his childhood he would fill in maps, hoping and planning to visit those places. ... On this journey of his he lost the image of the "prefect" and sheltered world of that he had only known existed. ... Conrad articulates, "Going up that river was like traveling back to the earliest beginning of the world, when vegetation rioted on the earth and the big trees were kings," (35). ... One being mainly social and emotional Marlow's being physical....
His nature is sinful and his state perilous-(Golding, "Fable-, The Hot Gates and Other Occasional Pieces, Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, 1965, page 61). ... William Golding's own experiences with a devastated world led in part to the dark picture of humanity painted in his novel. ... During World War II he served in the Royal Navy as commander of a rocket ship. ... For nearly 50 years after World War II, the U.S.S.R. and the United States engaged in a race for arms supremacy. ... Contemporary developments in world politics also played a large part in The Heart of Darkness. ...
