CONCLUSION AND PERSONAL OPINION
The structure of this Joseph Conrad's story -wich inspired
the film "Apocalypse Now" by Francis Ford Coppola- uses the technique of
the narration inside of the narration; the author, turned into listener,
reproduces the chronicle that Marlow, english boat's captain, does
of his cruise across The Congo, seriously ill.The procedure allows, at
the same time, to show the events with certainty, liveliness and immediately
and to classify them from the memory's distance."HEART OF DARKNESS" is
a story about J.Conrad's experience in his adventure across The Congo,
as well as, an autobiography story.This book describes and analyses
the characters' emotions and motivations. Above them there's a tense moral
reflection about loneliness and the men's fight against the forces of nature.
Marlow represents the civilized life and social habits; Kurtz, on the other
side, finishes defeated by the primitive, terrible and mysterious world
wich surrounds him.
In my opinion, this book is quite good but there's an aspect that I
don't like.Conrad does a lot of detailed descriptions, and this fact makes
the story's rhythm very slow.