PARAGRAPH

Marlow encounters two major symbols within the Heart of Darkness: The river and the jungle, both juxtapose each other in multiple ways. Each represent a sense of the unknown with the density of the jungle and the winding direction of the river. However, the river offers a single path, where as the jungle is unexpected, large, and a mystery. There is the sense of human threat and unordered within the jungle from tribes and other mysteries, ironically making the river the safer setting of the two. This plays in to the ideals regarding the colonization by the British. They offer no choice for the locals and are forced into their way of direction, just like the river. Both the river and the jungle serve a sense of savageness that also relates to the principles of the colonizers.