Darkness Within Mankind

The darkness of the human mind Thomas Hobbes said that human lives are "lonely, poor, dirty, savage and short-lived ... the state of mankind ... the state of war for all." William Golding's novel, The King of Flies, is about a group of British boys trapped in the island. Through this book, you can see the cruel and evil behavior of older children to young children. In addition, the reader can see how some characters are willing to pursue power.

After all, the darkness of the heart is a story about corruption traps and values, dangers, desires, and ideal decay and values ​​in the darkness of humanity. It tells us that wealth and power can create in mind and mind, and that even the best intentions can turn into evil and repressive things.

In the center of the dark heart of Joseph Conrad, there are two people, the story of Marlow and Kurtz, and the evil experience that exists in their human soul. In many respects, Marlow and Kurtz are the same person's light and dark self. Marlow is what Kurz may do; Kurtz is a man who may be Marlow. Both Marlow and Kurtz began to stay in Congo, as an idealist, Marlow planned "civilized" locals with Kurtz in the adventure he wanted. They found themselves in the jungle and found the darkness they found there to find themselves changing irreversibly. Kurtz accepted this evil and thought that he was willing to sacrifice part of himself in exchange for the power it gave him; he became an evil agent, and eventually swallowed by it It was done. Mahlow can not provide a general explanation beyond this central theme like Conrad's incompetence capability.

The theme that is the center of the novel is the ability of human beings to be good and evil. This is indicated by the evolution of the two central figures Marlow and Kurtz. Both represent the two conditions of humanity. "Kurtz represents what humans can do to protect their own internal devices outside society Marlow shows the soul of a purely undyed civilization that is not attracted by the dark and alienated jungle "(Dark Heart: System Evaluation) When two people are facing each other, everyone will see his reflections to others. In Kurtz, Marlow saw that if he continues to survive in the savage soil of Africa, his possibility of dark self will happen. In Marlow, Kurtz think he seemed to be his former: innocent people. Therefore Marlow and Kurtz symbolize the brightness and darkness of the soul.