Importance Of Restraint In Lord Of The Flies And Heart Of Darkness
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Throughout Lord of the Flies and Heart of Darkness the importance
of restraint is greatly stressed. This being the restraint to remain human
and maintain sanity. In Heart of Darkness, Marlow was able to remain his
restriant despite how difficult it was for him. He was always surrounded
by canni ....
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.... in Heart of Darkness, (who are
starving) could have easily had many satisfying meals. After all, they
outnumbered the whites thirty to five, but they still had necessary
restraint to refrain from savagely feasting on some of the easily
accessible seamen. Towards the end of the novel, Marlow becomes becomes
very close to losing his sanity, but also has the necessary restraint to
maintain it. He confuses the beat of a drum (the call to man's primative
side) with his own heartbeat, but is stil ....
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