Heart Of Darkness Conrad, the author, says that the need for adventure was the reason why Kurtz traveled to Africa, aside from the fact that he wanted to “complete great acts of humanizing, improving and instructing.” This attribute shows that before he had tasted power, he was kind and hoped to be a good cause for change, and this could be the reason why Marlow had great admiration for him even before meeting. However, this did not happen as he decided to exploit the people’s loyalty to him as he encouraged manslaughter, all of which were acts of human slaughter. Marlow considers Kurtz to be a remarkable man from other people’s opinion of him. In his thoughts, he felt that the man was a...
