The native workers are horribly treated while the white characters suffer from disease, biting insects, and staggering heat. ... With that insight, Marlow's disgust and uneasiness with his white colleagues grows as does in interest in meeting Kurtz. ... He realizes that Africans are human and that white men must admit the common bond that links everyone. ... In fact, the Russian is the only white man in the jungle who is there to experience and learn rather than exploit and plunder. ... The white men aboard the ship fire blindly into the crowd as they leave. ...

• Word Count: 4309
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School