relate secondhand the story of Charlie Marlow's river voyage in the Belgian Congo.

The story in Heart of Darkness is narrated by Marlow, the first person narrator.
The ‘care’ of the story is almost primitive in its simplicity. Kutrz, an ivory trader from a
European country, ventures into Congo which lies in the heart of the ‘dark continent’ Africa. He
soon becomes a very efficient agent but in his bid for exploiting the natures and gradually adopts
their savagery, totems and taboos. He wields more power over them that he refuses to leave their
company even when he is fill and needs life-saving medicines. But ultimately under compulsion
by the European he boards their boat only to die with the words ‘horror’, ‘horror’ on his lips.
The entire tale is narrated by Marlow who is also the narrator in other Conradian novels
like Chance, Lord Jim, and Youth. Initially Marlow, too had been awed by the success of Kurtz
no longer remains the ‘disembodied voice’ of a genius but a human being to be judged and
commented upon. Marlow had his own system of values and judgment predominant among them
being human discipline__ restraint. Thus while speaking of the Negro who jumps up when their
boat is attacked by tribal and is killed. Marlow