The Psychological Journey

Marlow's journey into "the heart of darkness" is described mainly through Marlow's accounts throughout the days. Each vivid and lengthy description is full of Marlow's feelings and interpretations of what he sees. The descriptions portray men stripped of all human necessities and Marlow's view of their treatment and state. He mainly is shocked at the savage and wild manor in which people live in. Thus the whole journey described through Marlow's eyes shows his emotional and psychological transformations according to the scenery he sees.