Kafka p 35

Gregor starts showing more signs of being an insect and we witness his human nature slowly fading away. His mental strength is going down the drain as his father throws apple at him as if rejecting this monstrosity of a son. His mother and sister start to take away the objects and furnitures of his room which makes him feel more like an animal than anything else.

Kaftka p 25

Gregor is killing himself working hard in order to support his family. It's all he knows how to do. However it is evident that his family do not want to do anything with him.

English Essay conclusion

Marlow’s entire journey allows him to understand his inner darkness. By traveling into the mind and the thoughts that people do not dare to reach, people can understand who they are. The darkness is a part of our being. The Id unconsciously drives us to do things that we may not even realize. The unexplored wilderness of Africa has. It is there in the very heart of the darkness, Marlow confronts the very truth of his own being.

English essay par 3

Europe has all these restrictions that restrain one from unleashing his inner-self. Africa on the other hand has no restrictions whatsoever which means that it is not prohibited from doing anything. Africa represents the hidden part of our minds that we do not dare of showing. It represents the Id that we fight so hard to keep bottled up inside of us. Sigmund Freud once said that the mind is like an iceberg. The surface that is shown would be Europe and the part that is hidden under water which is not visible to us is Africa. Likewise, people express their best intentions while hiding their darker ones. Conrad’s world completely represents a metaphorical expression of the mind.

English essay par 2

Africa has always been a big and curious place. At the time of heart of darkness, Africa is still savage, wild, and unexplored. Marlow being a European explores it and is curious to see all of its potential. Africa did not have a lot of time to develop advanced societies. It does not have the luxury that Europe has. This lack of society leaves the entire continent with no restraint and self control. There are no apparent limitations what so ever and the only law that exists is the common sense of survival. No one knows how the entire land is, which is where Marlow’s curiosity comes into place. People are always curious about what they do not know or understand. In Heart of Darkness, Africa represents the part of the human mind that we do not dare to show or understand: “ They howled and leaped, and spun, and made horrid faces”. (Conrad 44) Marlow describes the visual aspects of what the people in Africa are like. If we did not have an ego to control us and refrain us we would most likely be doing the same actions.

English essay 1st par

Having an advanced society, Europe promotes the notion of self control. However, it was not always that way. Europe, like all other continents, used to be wild and savage. Early civilization burned people who expressed the slightest sign of either genius, magic, or miracles without any mercy whatsoever. Despite all these ruthless actions, Europe has managed to develop into a much more technologically and mentally advance continent. It’s society in its way has created many rules and regulations that limit wilder human actions because they consider them too extreme. All these limitations have prevented the human mind thinking about these extreme ideas again and the person from doing such action in the eyes of others. This is the reason why people refrain themselves from completely embarrassing themselves, from going crazy and throwing a computer across the room while screaming uncontrollably. It is the reason why Kurtz’s last word to his Fiancee was a lie: “ The last words he pronounced was- your name”.  (Conrad 93) That is the ego taking place and making sure to not hurt her. He makes sure to make her feel better because it is inappropriate to make her grieve more.

English essay intro

According to Sigmund Freud, our mind is divided in three parts: The id which is repressed, the super-ego that leads the mind, and the ego that manages all of it. In Heart of Darkness, Marlow's journey in Africa is a direct metaphor to a journey into the Id. Africa is known to be a wild and unrestrained continent. The time was set in the 19th century when Africa had barely been explored. This wild unexplored wilderness represents the part of the mind that people never want to cross or venture to, while the european continent represents the part of us that is expressed and shown to the world in other words the ego. Conrad’s curious journey into Africa is in fact a voyage that helps him find his inner-self.