Kyonna Acie
Ms.Fevola
AP English 4
November 2, 2011

In chapter two of Joseph Conrad’s novella, Heart of Darkness, he begins to reveal each characters true feelings about Kurtz. Conrad’s use of similes, personification, and aphorisms, display Marlow’s and other character’s emotions in a less obvious way.
“I am as harmless as a little child, but I don’t like being dictated to” (33). This quote is used to help the author explain the uncle’s sensitivity towards being told what to do. Conrad compares the uncle to a child because as an adolescent all people are constantly being told what they should and should not do whether good or bad. Conrad’s use of personification throughout chapter two shows not only the positive effect that the forest is having on Kurtz but the negative as well. “For me it crawled towards Kurtz ---exclusively; but when the steam pipes… deeper into the heart of darkness” (36). The quote used on page 36 is saying that slowly but surely Kurtz is becoming evil; he is following the darkness of the forest instead of staying in the light where he belongs. The author’s use of personification helps each reader of the novella develop a greater understanding about the type of person Kurtz is. The author uses aphorisms within the entire novel to talk about the truth of life within the jungle and how it has affected Marlow. “Going up that river was like traveling back to the earliest of beginnings…. ---what is it? half-a-crown a tumble” (35-36). The past paragraph for on pages 35 and 36 tells the truth about karma and represents the rebellious attack by the African natives towards the European pilgrims; the Europeans deserved to be attack by the native because of every inhumane incident they had to face. The paragraph says that as pilgrims including Marlow travelled down the river behind the hippos and alligators stood the natives behind the many