Some parallels are also drawn between Marlow and Conrad himself. Bibliography lists 3 sources. A 12 page paper on the motivations behind the behavior of the title character in Joseph Conrad's novel. It concludes that Jim's act of cowardice is at such odds with Jim's concept of himself that he spends the rest of the novel running, not from the direct consequences of his deed, but from other people's scorn. Comparisons between modernism and 'traditional' romantic overtures are also discussed.
Bibliography lists only the book itself as a source.
A 5 page essay discussing the relationship between Leggatt and the Young Captain in Conrad's mariner tale. The writer posits that the characterization and supporting symbolism all point to the theme of growth by overcoming fear. Bibliography lists 2 sources. A 5 page paper looking at this important novel by Joseph Conrad against the backdrop of his society's racist views. The paper charges that because Western readers of the early twentieth century were so thoroughly convinced that African culture was inhuman and bestial, they would have been incapable of seeing Conrad's intrinsic sympathy for his black characters and their oppressed civilization.