Heart Of Darkness
Beginning of paper
A lie is an untruth. It can be a false statement or a statement
left unsaid which causes someone to be misled. In life lies are told
for many different reasons. In fiction they thicken the plot. In
Conrad's , Marlow dislikes lies and therefore
only tells two, both in extraordinary circumstances, ....
Middle of paper
.... in extraordinary circumstances. The first lie
was told by Marlow in extraordinary circumstances. It was told because
he had a notion it would somehow be of help to Mr. Kurtz. The lie was
to allow the brick maker to think he had more influence in the company
than he actually had. This lie would help Kurtz in two ways. Firstly
it would help Marlow to get the rivets he needed to fix the boat, and
that would provide Kurtz with a means of communication, or a way out
of the jungl ....
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Word count: 753
Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
