Joseph Conrad

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rational way." Acquiring this from the novel gives the reader a psychological perspective in that they are receiving feedback in a conscious way such as a hallucination or a phantasm (Dintenfass 2). Readers have curiously questioned the purpose of his novels such as Heart of Darkness, but the answer is quite simple. "[The] purpose is to get the reader to re-live [any] experience in some [significant] and concrete way, with all its complexity and messiness, all its darkness and ambiguity, intact" (Dintenfass 3). An additional novel with similar characteristics of the novel Heart of Darkness is Lord Jim. Not much is said about Lord Jim, but it has been known that Conrad most likely will place metaphors in his novel when describing a location extrinsic from any common place. The reason for adding metaphors is because Conrad attempts to locate the contrasted parts of human nature by lavishing it with an intensely fierce characteristic. Successfully, Conrad accomplishes ...

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and reality. Conrad’s style of techniques includes his organization of his thoughts, his use of literary forms, and significant themes. His organization of thoughts illustrate that you can discover an opinionated interest in the world others have not found to say without ever capturing or understanding it (Dintenfass 7). Most of Conrad’s opinionated interest towards the world came through his mind politically and viewed on the issue of revolution (MBL 95). Conrad’s thoughts also included to move further from his experiences of travel and more into creating a fictional novel, while lacking personal adventures or feelings (MBL 97). In doing this, Conrad’s characters became to be more like ...

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