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Max Chin
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Max Chin IB H1 English Period 5 7/3/2005 Word count: 965 The Art of the Novel: Heart of Darkness 2. A story has to be told by somebody. Compare in detail your impressions of the "story-tellers" in the novel you have studied. Was the "story-teller" the same as the writer (implicitly or explicitly) or not? How does this choice influence your reading? Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness is considered a masterpiece of 20th century writing, with abundant admiration as well as severe criticisms made by critics such as Douglas Hewitt and Chinua Achebe. The reason this novel attracts so much attention would have to be the ambiguities and the struggle of the character Marlow. Many associate Marlow being Conrad himself, whereas others argue that the "story-teller" is different from the writer. I would have to agree with the former statement, that Marlow and Conrad are in fact the same character. Conrad actually made the trip up...
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