-There is not a specific quote I would like to analyze in tonight's blog; however, I do want to blog about a specific scene. As Marlow begins his trek back from the heart of darkness with the ill Kurtz, the "savages" all stand around the river bank staring at the boat. When Marlow realizes that his fellow Europeans are about to begin to shoot at the savages, strictly for fun, he blows the boat's horn to scare them away. He repeatedly blows the whistle even when his fellow Europeans yell at him, saying he is scaring the savages away. I fully believe that this says a lot about Marlow's character. Although sometimes he is unwilling to admit it, he feels compassion for the Africans, and views them as humans, not savages. Spread throughout the story, the reader notices this trend of Marlow's compassion for the Africans, and this act of kindness proves his empathy towards the Africans of the Congo.
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