It seems very obvious that Marlow has an obsession with this Kurtz figure. Kurtz is a figurative God to almost everyone in this part of Africa, including the native by which he stripped the culture of. All Marlow ever thinks about is Kurtz, it reminds me of the relatioship a teenage girl has with Justin Beiber. For all we, the reader, knows at this point in the story; Kurtz may not even be a real person, although it is highly likely that he is a real person. The only reason Marlows interest was sparked to this extent was because he over heard the manager and the managers uncle talking while he was on the boat. I also find it weird that the natives think so highly of Kurtz, it seems like, if anyone, they would despise him the most, but obviously not because they think he is basically a God. After all they do preform sacrifices for him. The inscription that Kurtz left to get rid of all the brutes, i think actually means to kill the white people since i found that brute means brutal or insensitive, which is exactly how the white man is acting.
Steven, I also found chapter 2 more appealing because of the action and violence that naturally makes books more fun to read. I found your thought of Kurtz as not being an actual person very interesting; I always assumed Kurtz was real but much of the evidence in HoD never specifically suggests that he is actually there.
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