Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (of my personal interpretation) is an understanding of the difficulty of the world in itself. By interpreting the world, it goes beyond one’s self, and one’s judgment of each other. With judgment lies compassion and cruelty that is a found based upon one’s image and the way they are portrayed. This novel is fundamentally based on a sailor (Marlow) and his journey up the Congo River …showed first 75 words of 739 total…

…showed last 75 words of 739 total…cruelty. The heart, a place of comfort, love for one another, and finding things that makes you passionate and sympathetic towards, is true reflections of the value compassion. Darkness, portrayed by death, “dark ages” during civilization, the unknown, obsession, are true examples of cruelty. This title is capable of being interpreted in many ways. This is my interpretation of it. It is not easy to read, but once it is understood, it all makes sense.