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Polish by birth
When his father died he was taken under the care of his uncle, to
whom he confided that he wanted to go to sea one day
At age 9, while looking at a map of
Africa, he placed his finger on the
blank space that represented the
undiscovered areas of the continent
and announced to himself :
Use of hyponyms/synonyms
Use of adjectives
Use of adverbs
Travel Language
- Fluent: Polish, French,
- Themes reflect his English
life experiences - Kind of knew: Latin,
- Morality, Arabic, Germany
Accuracy of
Marlows story
- Language of the time
Racism? - Criticizing imperialism in Africa
- Ex. Kurtz being forced to return
- Ex. Psychological impact on characters