A Journey into the Soul in Heart of Darkness Essay -- Heart Darkness e

A Journey into the Soul in Heart of Darkness         A picture is an abstract idea, brought into context to stochastic variable something concrete.  They are made up and created to give off some sort of feeling or mood, that one can relate too.  The atmosphere helps determine what flesh of mood the picture will take.  Any author, of either a painting or piece of literature will set the mood by victimization their atmosphere to enhance the theme of their creation.  In Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad uses mood and atmosphere to help create a portrait called, the journey into the soul.         The journey to the soul is to move up ones self.  Atmosphere pervades the mood or spirit.  The atmosphere aids in revealing the journey to find ones soul.  The setting, took in the forest, the creek, the mud, the river-seemed to beckon with a dishonoring flourish before the sunstruck face of land a treacher ous appeal to the lurking death, to the hidden immoral, to the profound darkness of its heart. Conrad 54 Conrad does non even mention their exact location which is truly peculiar. The main river was described in the form a snake.  A snake can be looked at from many points of views, mythological, biblical, literal and metaphorically.  The snake represents all the twists and turns and creation able to find ones inner-self is very difficult and twisted.  The snake represents some of the animal imagery in the novel.  Perhaps this is a sign that the jungle is something living and not just an ordinary jungle.         Literatures imagery helps to show the main idea th... ...sh off against the state of the reader.  While reading the novel I was able to reflect on my own journey to the soul.  Any reader can reflect and realize the inevitable.  The journey is not a pleasant one, it is a very difficult task, where evil lurks in the smallest of places.  These places could be anywhere including the soul and the soul is one of mans most unique qualities.  It determines who we are and how we treat everyone surrounding our presence. In this universe people stick up and die but a soul is immortal and will undertake an eternity.   Works Cited   Conrad, Joseph.Heart of Darkness.Bantam Books stark naked York,1981.   Resources for the Study of Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness.1998.   Simon & Schuster.Websters New World Dictionary.MacmillianNew York,1996.