In the third section of reading Heart of Darkness, the Manager comes into the story.
The Manager is on the ship that is going to take Marlow to the Inner Station. He gets on the ship and shakes his hand and the Manager gives him a smile. This smile wasn’t even a smile, Marlow remembers. It was a look or a grimace, but not really a smile. His smile like face made Marlow aware that this man had almost zero emotions. The emotionless of the Manager made Marlow uneasy, and he didn’t know why, which is what scares him.
The uneasiness that he feels and the emotionless ness of the Manager are supposed to be like a warning that this is what happens to you when you are in the Darkness for too long. You either cant handle it and have to leave or die, or to be able to handle it you have to let yourself be unaffected by any of your surroundings. Marlow becomes uneasy because he knows he will be affected by what is around him.
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I liked your point in your previous blog about the internal struggle. You elaborate on that in this blog. I didn't talk about internal struggle so this is some nice insight. I agree that Marlow is becoming uneasy abou talot he is doing- both the treatment of the natives and his journey into 'the heart of darkness'.
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