Power

In the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, the talk has been of imperialism in the Congo. The colonizing in the Congo has been describe to turn a man from nice and gentle,to develop a desire to assert their self respect forcibly(12). That happened to the Marlow's predecessor at the Company, Fresleven who beat a village chief senselessly in front of the chief's tribe. It shows goes to show that the effects of greed and power in the Congo eventually take full control of even the most humble individuals over a period of time. Which I believe could be a foreshadowing that as the novel progresses that Marlow might evolve and become yet another victim of superiority and greed in the Heart of Darkness.