3rd

Karl proclaims: “Supremacy over all is all he [Kurtz] seeks: supremacy over things, people, and, finally, values. Having gratified forbidden desires, he is free of civilized taboos. In the Congo, he can do anything” (Karl 129). Kurtz’s loss of societal values created the mental change that Marlow, soon, undergoes as he spends more time in the same environment. Also, When Marlow begins to realize the ‘pleasure principle’ associated with the ‘id’ his societal values begin to vanish, while the Congo’s environment floods his mind. When Marlow begins to break down mentally, the reader has to reflect and reread Marlow’s changed thoughts. Marlow’s change of internal thinking, thus, creates a disorientated thought process to conceive Marlow’s new adjustment. The complications arise as Marlow’s journey steadily progresses as well; therefore, the reader’s perspective on the truth complicates internally too.