In the fist section of part two of Heart of Darkness, Marlow is on his way in to the Inner Station. He is actually on the boat now and is physically on his way down the river.
While he is sleeping on deck, he overhears his uncle and the Manager talking about how they wish that Kurtz was dead. They think that all Kurtz wants to do is rise up through the ranks and take over the business and make money. Marlow knows now that this man is powerful and that people that have been consumed by the darkness don’t like his view on what they, as Europeans should be doing there.
Kurtz’s plan is to help the natives become more civilized. He has good intentions with his plans. This scares the people who are already in the darkness because they just want to make money and do not view the natives as people. And if they aren’t even people, they don’t need to be civilized.
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well jordan. i think you are right. nearly all the europeans/everyone who isnt a native views the natives as less than human, animals, and they dont believe they should become civilized. however, i have this weird feeling about kurtz. and i dont necessarily think that his intentions are all about helping the natives and making them civilized. he seems much more evil to me for some reason.
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