fog because why not

What to talk about this week lets go with that for that pops up somewhere in this chapter. The fog that surrounds the boat seems to me be both literal and symbolic: it obscures, distorts, and leaves Marlow with only voices and words upon which to base his judgments. But this has been Marlow’s situation for much of the book, as he has had to formulate an idea of Kurtz based solely on secondhand accounts of the dude’s exploits and personality. This has been both enriching and kind of dangerous for Marlow. On the one hand, having the figure of Kurtz available as an object for contemplation has provided some form of release for Mr. Marlow, and a nice distraction from his [expletive deleted] sandwich of a ship actually is, and Kurtz has also served as a kind of a tabula rasa onto which Marlow can project his own thoughts and values. Kurtz gives Marlow a sense of possibility. But at the same time, Marlow’s fantasizing about Kurtz has its hazards. By becoming intrigued with Kurtz, Marlow seems to become dangerously alienated from, and player hated on by, the Company’s representatives. Moreover, Marlow focuses his energies and hopes on a man who may more than likely be absolutely nothing like the astounding number of legends surrounding him. However, with nothing else to go on and no other alternatives to the manager and his ilk, little Marlow finds he has little choice. But of course remember young team this Heart of Darkness which means in all likely hood this interpretation is unbearably wrong and the symbolism is much deeper than our feeble non-polak minds can interpret.