Tuesday, 13 November 2012

Polished Response


“Oh the horror... the horror…”
-Kurtz, from Heart of Darkness


In the novel The Heart of Darkness, Kurtz (the protagonist) says: “Oh the horror… the horror…” while he is dying. His life experiences have shown him the dark side of humanity. This quote can be  related to William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. In the story some of the kids also saw the darkest side of humanity. The fact of being all by themselves in a deserted island transformed them into savages without realizing all the horrible things they were doing. Jack, a 12 year old kid, turns into an evil dictator that punish his tribe with physical aggression. Roger, also a 12 year old, becomes a psychopath killer. 

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